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But microsoft was also doing almost everything they could to screw over competitors. It was not that the government made up a bunch of stuff. They made many cle
by Latteland 8y ago
But microsoft was also doing almost everything they could to screw over competitors. It was not that the government made up a bunch of stuff. They made many clever anti-competitive agreements that did things like strongly incentivizing dell to only sell windows and not linux. They tied things together, the worked hard to make internet web pages only display "properly" on windows ie 3. They deserved to get shellacked. They had to change, and I say that as a microsoft employee at the time.
- skookumchuck 8y agoMicrosoft made no political donations at the time, and was dismissive of the DoJ.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoPolitical donations should be optional anyway - if you need to "donate" money to not get sued to fuck, there's corruption and mob practices going on.
- skookumchuck 8y agoYou're right, that's the way it should be. But reality is different. Remember the video clip of Gates riding around in a golf cart with Clinton, and then the DoJ eased off?