#Microsoft fake #Windows error ended in a $280 million settlement.

The story mostly forgotten today, and one of the reasons why MS was/is so disliked. This is just one of their dirty tricks they played to gain mass adoption and eventually a monopoly on the PC.

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Microsoft’s fake Windows error ended in a $280 million settlement

A fake Windows error helped Microsoft's Windows win the PC wars.

^{Amir Bohlooli (MakeUseOf)}