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Amazon faces potential break-up as FTC finalizes antitrust lawsuit | The FTC is getting ready for the big one (www.techspot.com)
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[–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

They went after MS in the 90s. Nothing really came of it.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    Yes and no.

    The simple fact that you're not using IE6 on MSN with Bing search to access a Windows server is more or less proof that the constraints placed on Microsoft at that time did actually have an impact (even if I felt robbed that the company wasn't split up at the time).

    Today the one thing Microsoft is still dominante in is Office software (and even then Google docs is snapping at their heals).

    OS? Android is more popular than windows Server OS? Linux rules the roost Browser? Chrome

    The company that really needs scrutiny ATM is Google.

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