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Attributing all of Microsoft's success to luck is just plain bizarre

Not all, just a good chunk for the initial, and being there at the right time.

MS came out with its first version of Windows in 1985.

If you want to call that competition, go right ahead. It was only a sad attempt to copy Apple. Really sad. I tried it. DOS was better. Come to think of it, DOS was better than Windows 286 too.

And you think that that decision was luck?

What was luck was IBM not demanding an exclusive license, as what IBM wanted back then, IBM got.

It's only a matter of time before it brings that capability down to the desktop.

Then why not do it for Vista?

I know that's bad news to you, given how much you've staked on OS X.

You might be surprised to know that the OS I use the majority of the time is W2K3.

I wish Apple well in its competition against Linux. I truly do. But that's all that it's competing against on the desktop.

Since almost nobody is using Linux on the desktop, the recent surge in Apple desktop sales had to be going against something -- Windows.

Not all, just a good chunk for the initial, and being there at the right time.

Put down the crack pipe. You can't even admit that OS licensing was a brilliant move, as opposed to a stroke of "luck". You're hopeless.

If you want to call that competition, go right ahead. It was only a sad attempt to copy Apple. Really sad. I tried it. DOS was better. Come to think of it, DOS was better than Windows 286 too.

Hahahah. Look, pal. A few posts back, you argued that Microsoft wasn't competing against IBM. I just pointed out that, in fact, Windows came out before OS/2. Whether or not it was better than Apple is irrelevant. So, you lose. Game over. Thank you for playing...

What was luck was IBM not demanding an exclusive license, as what IBM wanted back then, IBM got.

Yeah, it must have slipped right by those poor dumb IBM attorneys. LMFAO! Are you seriously deluded enough to think that IBM didn't know what was going on? You're insane! Bottom line: IBM needed an operating system. It didn't have time to write one of its own. That's why it went to Gates. He had IBM over a barrel, and he charged them dearly for DOS. You seem to think that the attorneys didn't realize that this was a non-exclusive agreement. What do you smoke? Colombian? Maui Wowie? Seriously, I've gotta know...

Then why not do it for Vista?

Virtual PC is available as a separate SKU on Windows. It doesn't have to be incorporated.

You might be surprised to know that the OS I use the majority of the time is W2K3.

Which is a damned fine operating system. Even you have to admit that.

Since almost nobody is using Linux on the desktop, the recent surge in Apple desktop sales had to be going against something -- Windows.

Surge? Is that what it is? LMAO! Wake me up when they crack 5%.