> Look at what happen to the MS antitrust trial. This just shows that you weren't actually paying attention to what happened to the MS antitrust trial. Judge

> Look at what happen to the MS antitrust trial. This just shows that you weren't actually paying attention to what happened to the MS antitrust trial. Judge Jackson was all ready to impose serious penalties—I don't recall the exact details, but I know that there was at least talk of spinning off IE from Microsoft entirely. Then George W Bush was elected, and basically tossed the whole thing out. This set a precedent that has, in part, allowed the massive consolidation in the tech sector we see today. The Microsoft antitrust trial is a perfect example of the difference between Democrats and Republicans in this country on antitrust. In any case, regardless of anything you think you know about antitrust over the past several decades, Biden's FTC under Lina Khan has explicitly repudiated the Chicago School bullshit metrics for when monopoly behavior is worth punishing. The importance of this to antitrust in the US cannot be overstated. As long as it is allowed to stand, this will mark a sea change in the way the government treats mergers as well as anticompetitive behavior.