According to MS at the time the settlement occurred they had 8 million Office for Mac users:
http://www.news.com/MS-to-invest-150-million-in-Apple/2100-1001_3-202143.html
“More than 8 million customers use Microsoft Office for the Macintosh, making it “the single largest revenue Mac application,” Maffei said.”
Lots of people never bothered to replace the default browser, that’s a large part of why MS won the browser war. Most users aren’t savvy enough for that, or just don’t care, they use what’s on the computer and learn to be happy with it.
Sorry but you admitted they sold the stock at a profit, add the revenue from Office and you’re talking a minimum ROI of 10X. Not something that any sane person would consider being taken to the cleaners.
You’re dancing, Discostu. MS had already sold those 8,000,000 copies of Office...those were the older versions already in the market... remember Office 97 had NOT BEEN RELEASED.
Mac users were really pissed off to have IE made the default browser. Many if not most switched back to their familiar Netscape that was in the same “
Internet Applications” folder with Internet Explorer. You are not now and were not a Mac user in 1997 but you claim to know what Mac users did back then. Switching back to Netscape was as easy as double clicking on the familiar Netscape icon next to IE’s icon.
You say “I admitted” that MS sold the stock for a profit as though I were denying it. I have not. It’s irrelevant as to why the stock was purchased in the first place.
You have reduced yourself to ad hominem attacks in implying I am insane. Why not admit the facts and stop the dancing around them.