Evidence receipt / evaluation
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: evaluation
22 Jul 2024 Acquired Microsoft Volume II
“We made it all the way to 2009 before they settled their EU version of this antitrust case.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
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- evaluation
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- 22 Jul 2024
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Microsoft Volume II
Transcript context
…Not to mention state attorney generals were also suing Microsoft left and right and international. Many of the state AGs for years who brought the suit together with the DOJ did not accept this reversal. They tried to continue independently suing Microsoft, which was painful for another five-ish years. We made it all the way to 2009 before they settled their EU version of this antitrust case. That’s another seven years after the reversal. In May 2011, that is when the final consent decree finally expired. Basically from 1990 until 2011, 21 years of the company’s life, the majority of the company’s life had been spent under some antitrust scrutiny or active litigation. Wow. Obviously the company thrived through much, if not all of that.…
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