Has it? Aren&#x27;t you making the mistake of comparing the status quo with a copy of it sans Microsoft? Let&#x27;s say European laws prevented a Microsoft from appearing; computers would still be here, and companies and organizations using them would still need an OS to use them, so there probably would be an increase investment in alternatives.<p>Would the world be worse off? Maybe in some ways, but I doubt it&#x27;d be significantly so.