Let me present but one example: Java.
Intel was working on a VM for their chips. Microsoft got wind of it, threatened to pull support for new CPU's unless Intel quit "supporting" Sun.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E5D7113EF933A25752C1A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
Intel's effort to produce a JVM for its chipsets was killed, by Microsoft stomping their feet. Every other non-Windows platform has a JVM created by the mfg. Java is slow on Windows, runs just fine on everything else.
ABM - You're damn right. Anything, BUT Microsoft. They deserve what they're getting, as they've stifled this industry for far too long.
-Mike
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