> "...as what had started as a liberating computing movement (personal computing) had turned into a proprietary monster in the form of Microsoft."
Given that most of us today work in server-based software, it must be mentioned that the UNIX server/workstation vendors were equally interested in becoming proprietary monsters of their own, with Sun Microsystems at the top of the heap and charging prices that made even Microsoft server products look attractive. They would've been a Microsoft if they could've and they certainly tried their damndest to do so.
Given that most of us today work in server-based software, it must be mentioned that the UNIX server/workstation vendors were equally interested in becoming proprietary monsters of their own, with Sun Microsystems at the top of the heap and charging prices that made even Microsoft server products look attractive. They would've been a Microsoft if they could've and they certainly tried their damndest to do so.