Overnight he became reviled as an arrogant cheat. Developers would target Java instead of Windows. The latest lawsuits and technical delays make this scenario seem less likely but it still could happen. Department of Justice. Everybody assumes the DOJ doesn t stand a chance against Microsoft.
History tells it differently.
Even though it didn't win a court victory, it slowed IBM down and forced it to change its ways. Warfare with Intel. The two companies have come to harsh words from time to time, but their WinTel marriage has enabled them to dominate the computing market. And Intel continues to develop chips that can run other operating systems. But were it to happen, Intel is probably the only company in the world that could realistically challenge Microsoft with a new OS .