| ▲ | dismalaf 3 days ago | |||||||
No, I remember the Microsoft anti-trust trial. It was barely a slap on the wrist. If we were to try draw equivalence: they'd ask Google to stop paying to be the default search provider on platforms and to offer a choice of search provider on Android. That would be the same as what they required of MS (simply to not bundle Internet Explorer and to open up APIs). What the EU is currently asking of Apple is maybe equivalent. What the DOJ is currently seeking from Google is way over the top given the MS precedent. | ||||||||
| ▲ | apoverton 3 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||
There was one ruling that was a lot more harsh but wound up getting overturned on appeal. On June 7, 2000, the District Court ordered a breakup of Microsoft as its remedy. According to that judgment, Microsoft would have to be split into two separate units, one to produce the operating system and one to produce other software components. Microsoft immediately appealed the judgment to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_C.... | ||||||||
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