> I gather judges really don't like to impose technical requirements - especially in a fast-moving industry like this. Yes, the court in the Microsoft appeal e

> I gather judges really don't like to impose technical requirements - especially in a fast-moving industry like this. Yes, the court in the Microsoft appeal explicitly said this. > Microsoft was convicted of monopoly abuse by simply bundling Internet Explorer with Windows Not quite. As I explain in another comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24289455 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24289455) Microsoft's problem is that they forced other companies (OEMs, ISPs, and Apple) to bundle IE at the expense of other browsers. Whether the sole act of bundling IE with Windows would have been itself an antitrust violation was not actually addressed by the court. Microsoft also had a much higher market share (95%) than Apple currently does.