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> The new company services 98% of all fortune 500 companies. How is this not an antitrust issue?

• d4rti 10y ago
  I think that servicing 98% is not the same as 98% market share, and that anti-trust cares about market share. All it means is that 490/500 companies bought at least one Dell/EMC product. I'd assume most also bought at least one IBM/HP product too.
• tracker1 10y ago
  They're not necessarily the only company those 98% use... I'd guess that Dell is already a supplier for at least nearly that high of a percent in some regard. In the end though, just because you have a near monopoly doesn't mean you're violating anti-trust. EMC already had that reach, even without dell.
• TallGuyShort 10y ago
  Dominating the market is not illegal - anti-competitive behavior is. The former is still possible just by being really good at what you do and how you sell.
  • cyphar 10y ago
    Not to mention that nobody claimed that EMC was the only supplier for 98% of the market. As a similar claim, RedHat[1] state that 100% of Fortune 500 banks, airlines, telcos and healthcare companies rely on RedHat. Is it a correct statement? Probably. But does it mean that RedHat exclusively sells to 100% of those markets? Of course not. [1]: https://www.redhat.com/en/about/trusted https://www.redhat.com/en/about/trusted