Comment by perlgeek
11 hours ago
Isn't this Microsoft abusing their quasi-monopoly as a consumer PC OS vendor?
If it weren't for the current administration, I'd say it's time for regulatory action.
11 hours ago
Isn't this Microsoft abusing their quasi-monopoly as a consumer PC OS vendor?
If it weren't for the current administration, I'd say it's time for regulatory action.
The time for regulatory action against Microsoft was thirty years ago and the need for it has only grown since then.
The FTC wasn't doing their job between 1980-2020 because of their ridiculous standard of, "if it doesn't raise consumer prices, it must be allowed." This lead to massive consolidation in many industries which of course ended up raising prices and hurting consumers anyway.
Recently they've had some wins but overall they're still failing to do their job.
> If it weren't for the current administration
Because the Democrats were better at keeping them on a leash? No. Clinton was in charge 30 years ago and blew it.
It was the Clinton administration that started regulatory proceedings against Microsoft, but it was GW Bush that was president during the conclusion of the case. And, true to form:
> The Department of Justice, now under Bush administration attorney general John Ashcroft, announced on September 6, 2001, that it was no longer seeking to break up Microsoft and would instead seek a lesser antitrust penalty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor...