You seem to be confusing market domination with a monopoly. They are different, they do not control an industry either vertically or horizontally. They simply dominate the market for many of the products that they make. This decision by Massachusetts proves that there are other choices available in the market place.
but if you're gonna push out other competitors through these means at least make sure you've got the best product.
Why make sure you have the best product? Where does it say that the best product is always going to win the market?
^^^^^^^^^^You seem to be confusing market domination with a monopoly.^^^^^^^^^^^
Yeah, fair enough.
A monopoly would be more like what Intel had for years but they weren't forceful about it. At least..... not until AMD became a threat. Now they are in trouble in japan.
^^^^^^^^^^^^Why make sure you have the best product?^^^^^^^^^^^
This goes back to the domination aspect.
They don't have the best product, so they have to do what they do. Which is the whole point. People would've chosen something else because of clear benefits and MS knew it.
^^^^^^^^^^^Where does it say that the best product is always going to win the market?^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Nowhere. The best product doesn't always win the market. But there's a clear difference between the consumers choosing and microsoft themselves choosing.