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It can be, if the company that does it has a monopoly in the market of operating systems, which would give that company an unfair advantage in the market of bro
by moskie 12y ago
It can be, if the company that does it has a monopoly in the market of operating systems, which would give that company an unfair advantage in the market of browsers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.
- Oletros 11y agoPoor wording for my part, it must say "it is not an anti competitive practice per se"
- moskie 11y agoRight, the fact it is not illegally anticompetitive per se shows that it is an answer to your original question. > Doing an anti competitive practice is legal if you don't have a monopoly? A practice being anti-competitive (in a legal sense) depends on the act being done by a company that is a monopoly, or part of an oligopoly. For example, a company giving their product away for free is not illegal per se. Say, as part of a promotion, in order to get their product in consumer's hands instead of a competitor's product. In a healthy market, this is a valid way to do business. But, if the company that decides to give their product away for free is a monopoly, and the result of that act is squashing what little competition might exist or is entering the market, then this same act (giving the product away for free) is illegal.
- Oletros 11y agoMicrosoft was not found guilty for giving away IE