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Dishonesty is not required to break antitrust laws. All you have to do is become big and fail to stop doing the things that only non-big companies can legally d

by bcoates 13y ago

Dishonesty is not required to break antitrust laws. All you have to do is become big and fail to stop doing the things that only non-big companies can legally do.

rbanffy 13y ago
Right. And they did that in good faith, without ever realizing it was wrong.
- bcoates 13y ago
  It isn't wrong, it's just illegal.
  - rbanffy 13y ago
    Sure. It's perfectly right, except it's illegal, much like lying on your tax forms or robbing banks.
yuhong 13y ago
> things that only non-big companies can legally do. Does that really exist?
- justin66 13y ago
  It's an inversion of the way things are normally phrased, but yes, of course. Under antitrust law there are restrictions that take effect once a company grows to a certain size. Up until that point they were free to behave a certain way (for instance, making deals with PC suppliers to exclude other operating systems) but once they become big enough for antitrust law to apply...