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(I'm a Googler, opinions are my own. I also have zero desire to directly comment on the original article). My understanding from the original antitrust case a

by kyrra 6y ago

(I'm a Googler, opinions are my own. I also have zero desire to directly comment on the original article). My understanding from the original antitrust case against Microsoft is that it DRASTICALLY impacted the internal culture at Microsoft. While the EU got their browser choice option in Windows, the indirect consequences were much further reaching. Based on comments I've read from former MS people, every decision after the antitrust case happened were looked through in a different light. "Will this bring on more scrutiny?". So I'm guessing there were many unseen decisions that came out of the case. I'd imagine how hard certain products were bundled changed. How they were marketed. Even what features were implemented changed. Even Google has some scarring due to the Oracle Java lawsuit. These big cases and rulings have fairly wide reaching impact within a company.

ThrowawayB7 6y ago
> "My understanding from the original antitrust case against Microsoft is that it DRASTICALLY impacted the internal culture at Microsoft. While the EU got their browser choice option in Windows, the indirect consequences were much further reaching. Based on comments I've read from former MS people, every decision after the antitrust case happened were looked through in a different light. 'Will this bring on more scrutiny?'." Pretty much spot on, at least in my recollection. [EDIT] As an aside, it's widely held (e.g. https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/01/learning-from-microsofts-mistakes-g/ https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/01/learning-from-micro...) that Microsoft's antitrust woes were because it didn't have political lobbyists in place to counteract it and supposedly Google took a lesson from it and built up it's lobbying efforts considerably. Kinda makes you wonder where their efforts broke down?
- alex_young 6y ago
  Didn't Google successfully kill the previous round of anti-trust efforts this way? Seems like a success to me.
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by kyrra 6y ago

ThrowawayB7 6y ago

> "My understanding from the original antitrust case against Microsoft is that it DRASTICALLY impacted the internal culture at Microsoft. While the EU got their browser choice option in Windows, the indirect consequences were much further reaching. Based on comments I've read from former MS people, every decision after the antitrust case happened were looked through in a different light. 'Will this bring on more scrutiny?'." Pretty much spot on, at least in my recollection. [EDIT] As an aside, it's widely held (e.g. https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/01/learning-from-microsofts-mistakes-g/ https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/01/learning-from-micro...) that Microsoft's antitrust woes were because it didn't have political lobbyists in place to counteract it and supposedly Google took a lesson from it and built up it's lobbying efforts considerably. Kinda makes you wonder where their efforts broke down?

alex_young 6y ago
Didn't Google successfully kill the previous round of anti-trust efforts this way? Seems like a success to me.
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