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I'm not disagreeing, but it was a very specific thing that hobbled the antitrust result against MS: the DOJ had won, and then the 2000 election ushered in the B
by fatbird 6y ago
I'm not disagreeing, but it was a very specific thing that hobbled the antitrust result against MS: the DOJ had won, and then the 2000 election ushered in the Bush Administration. Nine months later, the DoJ decided to abandon seeking a breakup of MS, instead pursuing a toothless negotiated settlement allowing some competitive software presence and better documentation of APIs. It wasn't generic gov't incompetence; it was a specific policy decision by a Microsoft friendly administration.
- scarface74 6y agoYou mean an administration from the same party as the current administration? Even worse, the current administration is more concerned about “bias against conservatives” than consumer rights.