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I don't know much about monopolies, but, didn't Microsoft get in trouble for creating one? Also, back in the days of trustbusting were there not penalties for such actions? Is it in anyway against the law to do what they did? I can't answer these questions... but what the eye of the press can do is look deep into all of his practices and if there is anything illegal going on it my get noticed far quicker.


>didn't Microsoft get in trouble for creating one?

Sort of. Their competitor-plaintiffs are no longer going concerns, and MS are still going relatively strong; so one might argue that the "trouble" was of little consequence. The length of time all of that took to wind its way through the courts means that patients will die waiting for the market/courts to sort itself out.


Microsoft got in trouble for using a monopoly in a market (OS) to prop up a product in another market (Browsers), not just for having a monopoly.


Merely making a product that no other companies are interested in making isn't illegal.




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