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Does Microsoft have to follow its own EULA? Will it be an antitrust violation if they don't?
by ampdepolymerase 6y ago
Does Microsoft have to follow its own EULA? Will it be an antitrust violation if they don't?
- throwawayffffas 6y agoNo, Microsoft owns it's software it does not need a license to use it.
- ampdepolymerase 6y agoBut is using legal mechanisms to reduce a competitor's advantage (where the competitor licenses your product) considered to be antitrust? In the internet explorer case one of the major disputes was whether Microsoft manipulated its API to favour explorer versus other software.
- thayne 6y agoIANAL, but I think only if you have monopoly power (at least as I understand US antitrust law), and MS doesn't really have a monopoly on the server OS market.