That's called business my friend. not arm-twisting or anything. Even Mittal bought their nearest competotor Arcelor to form the monopoly steel giant ArcelorMittal. All businesspersons handle their business in their own way. Buying out companies is a part of every organisation's expansions. google too does this...it bought ORKUT,YOUTUBE...and many more companines. The standard of mocrosoft is uncomparable in the IT industry....so it's priced rightly. no point arguing its price. And the high-price also prevents piracy....and the high-price has no affect on the demand of the microsoft OS- windows ....it's still the best OS in the world.
