This seems revisionist, and while Sinofsky obviously has some authority on the subject, he likely also has a bias. The antitrust case was brought by the states

This seems revisionist, and while Sinofsky obviously has some authority on the subject, he likely also has a bias. The antitrust case was brought by the states because Microsoft's behavior "was not in the public interest." As far as I know, it wasn't just 1 thing. It was the exclusionary licensing (OEMs were forced to pay an "MS Tax" even when they shipped a Linux computer), it was the bundling of IE, and it was their manipulation of their APIs to favor their software. Plus there was the EU antitrust case that had nothing to do with OEMs. It's also worth noting that Microsoft defense was...awful? They falsified evidence, they were belligerent/petty. Gates was a particular train wreck (1) (1) https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/revisiting-the-spectacular-failure-that-was-the-bill-gates-deposition/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/revisiting-the-s...