The secret ingredient is crime.
Microsoft is as big as if is today because it broke the law in the past and avoided severe punishment from the DoJ.
Microsoft is as big as if is today because it broke the law in the past and avoided severe punishment from the DoJ.
The law they broke is of the type where you can't be known if what you're doing is allowed or not in advance. Dictatorships love these sorts of laws, but unfortunately in the West companies are made to deal with a bunch of them