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In 2001, Sony had all the leverage. The Microsoft antitrust case was still open. The DoJ and Microsoft proposed a settlement in Nov 2001 which wasn't accepted
by fpgeek 13y ago
In 2001, Sony had all the leverage.
The Microsoft antitrust case was still open. The DoJ and Microsoft proposed a settlement in Nov 2001 which wasn't accepted by the judge until Nov 2002. The last thing Microsoft needed was a brand-new allegation of anti-competitive conduct to blow all that up.
- jonhohle 13y agoIn 2002 there was still significant leverage being applied by MS to OEMs. There were a lot of interesting OSes at the time that were squashed because they couldn't get any installation footprint - http://slashdot.org/story/02/02/19/2226257/be-sues-microsoft-for-violations-of-antitrust-laws http://slashdot.org/story/02/02/19/2226257/be-sues-microsoft...
- fpgeek 13y agoBe sued in 2002, but by that point they were a shell of a company that wasn't working with OEMs. The conduct Be sued over goes back to 1998: http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3073811 http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3073811