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minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·1 year agoThat didn’t work in the 90s.
minus-squarehoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·1 year agoOr in: 2000 2002 2003 2005 2008 2011 (2022) Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoKuduos to you doing your HW. :)
minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·1 year agoIn retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·1 year agoPart of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoThis is why we can’t have good things.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoWhich sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
minus-squareChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoFor anyone curious about BeOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk Also there’s apparently an open source version of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco
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minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoLooking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.
That didn’t work in the 90s.
Or in:
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation
Kuduos to you doing your HW. :)
Yes
In retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
Part of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
This is why we can’t have good things.
Ma Bell, the ill communication
Which sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
For anyone curious about BeOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk
Also there’s apparently an open source version of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk
https://piped.video/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Don’t tell the other bots but you are my favorite 🤫
Looking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.