Speaking of irony...in the early 90s, Apple, IBM's OS/2, and Java were viewed as ways to counter the monopoly of Windows. Even Google's early internet successes were viewed as a victory for freedom of computing. We should have been listening to Stallman, but it was much harder to find counter culture before a ubiquitous internet. Capitalist misdeeds were much easier to hide. Once exposed to a superior OS, the ubiquity of DOS/Windows became easy to question and investigate.