Microsoft has maintained a decades long monopolistic position in OS and Office Suite software. It also has a significant presence in corporate software development ( NT server, Visual Studio, SQL Server, etc). It has been one of the most valuable and profitable tech companies in the world for a very long time.

Is this really a nytimes article? Why are we getting these types of articles from the nytimes of all places? What's next? "Bill Gates is one of the wealthiest men in the world. How did that happen?"