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None of the companies you mention were almost broken up by the Justice Department, fined billions of dollars for this one event, or put under Federal oversight
by icantthinkofone 12y ago
None of the companies you mention were almost broken up by the Justice Department, fined billions of dollars for this one event, or put under Federal oversight for almost 12 years.
- smackfu 12y agoWell, IBM certainly had problem with antitrust back in the 60's and 70's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_IBM#1969:_Antitrust.2C_the_Unbundling_of_software_and_services http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_IBM#1969:_Antitrust....
- icantthinkofone 12y ago"...the Justice Department finally concluded that the case was “without merit” and dropped it"
- gtaylor 12y agoNever mind the price fixing, illegal hiring treaties, misuse of patents to stifle competition, the use of third world labor in terrible conditions, and more... Again, they all suck. Trying to paint one as better than the other is pretty silly.