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Neither was Microsoft a monopoly when they got their eyes sued out and a consent decree slapped on them simply for making their browser the default browser on t
by CodeWriter23 9y ago
Neither was Microsoft a monopoly when they got their eyes sued out and a consent decree slapped on them simply for making their browser the default browser on their own OS. A lot less than Google did to stifle competition from WP.
- hota_mazi 9y agoMicrosoft was definitely a monopoly when the antitrust lawsuit was filed against them. There can be no antitrust lawsuit if you're not a monopoly, it pretty much is a requirement for such a lawsuit to be brought. It's perfectly legal (and healthy in a free trade economy) to be a monopoly. What's illegal is leveraging that monopoly to enter other markets, which is what Microsoft attempted to do.
- michaelmrose 9y agoDid you miss the episode whereby ms belatedly tried to own web servers / web development in order to ensure a Windows client was a prerequisite to participation in the web?