Übrigens Gates/Microsoft war bereits seit den Anfängen dafür berühmt, "alles" niederzuwalzen, was ihm in dem Weg stand. Mit Batallionen von Anwälten.

https://www.wired.com/2015/01/90s-startup-terrified-microsoft-got-americans-go-online/

Andreessen, who could be disarmingly candid, likened the conduct of Microsoft’s team to “a visit by Don Corleone” of The Godfather films. “I expected to find a bloody computer monitor in my bed the next day.” Microsoft disputed Andreessen’s account, saying its representatives had made no attempt to intimidate Netscape.

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