David Rosenthal: belief

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…The finding of fact is hey, it’s monopoly. But again, not necessarily illegal to be a monopoly, only illegal to abuse monopoly power. Right. A couple of months go by after the finding of fact, and then on June 7th, 2000 Judge Jackson issues the final judgment in the case. He rules that Microsoft did indeed abuse its monopoly power. As a remedy for having done so, he orders that Microsoft be broken up into at least two separate companies. Separate operating system company and a separate applications company, just like the Standard Oil breakup order, however many years it was before 90, I think. Also, what? This is completely lost to history unless you are a tech old timer. Microsoft was ordered—that was the ruling by the court—to split up.…

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