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yeah, they learned from Microsoft's mistakes. You have to pay the bribes.
by s2g 8y ago
yeah, they learned from Microsoft's mistakes.
You have to pay the bribes.
- icebraining 8y agoI don't remember Microsoft being broken up.
- adventured 8y agoThey got lucky. Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered the company broken up. The Bush Administration is plausibly the only reason Microsoft remained one company. June 7th, 2000: "A federal judge today ordered Microsoft Corp. split into two companies, prescribing the biggest corporate breakup since AT&T while harshly rebuking the software giant for stifling computer-age competition. " http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20000607/aponline170641_000.htm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20000607/aponl... Then Microsoft and the DOJ made a deal on November 2nd 2001. Bush won the Presidency November 7th 2001. It's very likely the Clinton DOJ made a deal to ensure all of their hard work - indeed their victory - couldn't be easily reversed by the dramatically more business friendly Bush Administration if he were to win. http://time.com/3553242/microsoft-monopoly/ http://time.com/3553242/microsoft-monopoly/