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Anti-competitive behaviour runs deep in Microsoft. They've been doing it since their early days.
by bearmode 3y ago
Anti-competitive behaviour runs deep in Microsoft. They've been doing it since their early days.
- marginalia_nu 3y agoLest we forget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code
- peoplefromibiza 3y ago> Anti-competitive behaviour runs deep in ~~Microsoft~~ rampant capitalism, especially in the US of A the end goal is always to become a monopolist
- marginalia_nu 3y agoWell on paper at least, the US has antitrust laws going back to the Sherman Act and Standard Oil. Microsoft was basically inches away from being broken up in the late '90s due to their anti-competitive practices.
- sleepybrett 3y agoThey absolutely should have been and if they were we probably wouldn't have the amazon or google we have today.
- justinclift 3y agoI'm kind of hoping the EU decides to pick MS up on this, with a 2nd go around of "abusing their monopoly on the desktop". Maybe this time they'll break MS into small pieces. :)
- peoplefromibiza 3y ago> Well on paper at least, the US has antitrust laws going back to the Sherman Act and Standard Oil. That's my point. China got their "Antimonopoly law" in 2007.