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It'd be business suicide to charge more just so they could offer an obscure OS as an option; in my mind, this is the kind of clear anticompetitive situation it'
by dilap 7y ago
It'd be business suicide to charge more just so they could offer an obscure OS as an option; in my mind, this is the kind of clear anticompetitive situation it'd be good to use the law to avoid. Instead the DOJ went after MS for bundling a web browser. So dumb.
- slipheen 7y agoMicrosoft was sued, and settled for $23M. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240052523/BeOS-will-live-on-as-Microsoft-settles-legal-action https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240052523/BeOS-will-liv...
- dilap 7y agoHey, that’s neat, but too little too late! Was it just a strategic misstep for Be to not sue at the time, when it would have mattered? Why did the DOJ care about MS bundling a web browser w/ its OS but not care about MS preventing OEMs from selling any other OS than Windows? The seems wildly, clearly more anticompetitive to me! And why does no one care about this stuff anymore? Not only does iOS bundle a browser, you cannot install any other browser (you can install alternative UI frontends for webkit, but you can’t ship your own js/html etc engine). Not too mention that they can veto any software on the platform for any reason...
- pjmlp 7y agoThere are laws about dumping prices, beyond that it is business as usual.