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> At least Ballmer can attribute his incompetence to being overly cautious after the antitrust case. Theoretically, anticipating an antitrust case might lead y
by waterhouse 6y ago
> At least Ballmer can attribute his incompetence to being overly cautious after the antitrust case.
Theoretically, anticipating an antitrust case might lead you to be equally cautious, in roughly the same way, as having recently gotten an antitrust case.
Though things that "demonstrated that they ... have too much power" sound like some of the worst things you could do if you were anticipating an antitrust case.
- jfoster 6y agoIsn't this mixing things up a bit? This issue relates to their dealings in Australia, whilst any antitrust case is most likely to come from US or EU and be focused on those markets, isn't it?
- sjy 6y agoThis legislation is supposed to be a kind of antitrust (ie. competition law) regulation. It came out of an inquiry by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. The stated purpose of the law is to remedy a 'bargaining power imbalance between digital platforms and news media businesses': https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/ems/r6652_ems_2fe103c0-0f60-480b-b878-1c8e96cf51d2/upload_pdf/JC000725.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/em...