Honestly, reading it the reason for the downvotes seem obvious. And unlike most people who ask "why the downvotes?" in this case they seem justified.
Your original post was almost completely unrelated to the story at hand. It would be more appropriate in the original Google blog post thread, but even there not really appropriate. It's more fitting a story about the future of Microsoft.
I think the downvotes were meant to say, "you're off topic". Post about how MS's response wasn't credible or legit or whatever. But talking about their OS position over the past 2 decades is really kind of left field.
Ah okay, thanks for explaining - I didn't get it because instead of the details I was thinking about the overall picture of Microsoft's relevancy - everyone seems interested in this "battle" but I feel the whole point is moot because Microsoft is no longer the "world power" they once were - this strikes me as "last grasps" of power.
(and this comes from someone who has been around before windows and www, and used Microsoft products almost exclusively back then, including compilers)
Your original post was almost completely unrelated to the story at hand. It would be more appropriate in the original Google blog post thread, but even there not really appropriate. It's more fitting a story about the future of Microsoft.
I think the downvotes were meant to say, "you're off topic". Post about how MS's response wasn't credible or legit or whatever. But talking about their OS position over the past 2 decades is really kind of left field.