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Antitrust cases against big companies are always going to be expensive, but one of the many stupid things the DOJ and states did in the Microsoft case was makin
by nknight 15y ago
Antitrust cases against big companies are always going to be expensive, but one of the many stupid things the DOJ and states did in the Microsoft case was making Microsoft fight for its life. It was unnecessarily aggressive and drove up the expense.
And, there were competing browsers and operating systems during the first case, too. The mere existence of competitors does not preclude antitrust action. Just ask AT&T and T-Mobile.
- jpdoctor 15y ago> The mere existence of competitors does not preclude antitrust action. Agreed. I just don't see the anti-competitive behavior around virtual desktops that we did with WinOS and IE, so I think it would be a very tough sell.
- rbanffy 15y agoWhat are the reasons to favor one specific vendor giving it a key advantage over the other? Microsoft seems to be clearly playing favorites here. What are they trying to do? Give a monopoly to their favorite vendor? Is it legal to use your monopoly to expand someone else's? Can we really call this company, with its seemingly deep and strong ties to Microsoft, a separate entity? If it's not, this is clearly something the DoJ should look into.
- chc 15y ago"Use your monopoly"? What monopoly is Microsoft using?
- regularfry 15y agoThat over the Windows desktop. There's nobody else you can get a license from.