Chu, who was then aged 55, was very displeased by Microsoft's attempt to monopolize the entire market for Chinese operating systems, working environments and application suites, and its refusal to publish the details of its Chinese Windows interface.
當時五十五歲的朱邦復對微軟壟斷中文系統、工作環境、應用套件，並且拒不公開中文視窗介面的做法，很是不滿。