Quote from chaykapwr:
Wasn't a riddle. Obviously you don't know what a riddle is. It was a straight forward question
Studying Microsoft when its revenues and profits were expanding rapidly ( I'm thinking late 1980s ) is instructive on the massive potential when a monopoly takes hold.
A lot of people questioned Microsoft's leadership back then, but there was more then a decade of good times to go. That's like any business idea, if you can be first to market and establish prominance, the profits are immense.