The question is whether Microsoft has bullied Taiwanese computer makers, (including the global giant Acer) into supporting only Microsoft operating systems. If so, it just might be guilty of anti-trust violations. But how exactly would the move to a new operating system on a new computer hurt Taiwanese consumers? Would they be forced to throw out all of their existing software/peripherals and buy new ones? That's not the case with Vista in the U.S. (even though the operating system had suffered from a lot of compatibility issues when it first shipped – most of that has since been resolved). Could be that Taiwan is merely interested in jumping on the "fine-Microsoft-for-some-easy-money" bandwagon.

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