It is becoming ever more obvious that it is the states' settlement that needs to be adopted, rather than the lax one proposed by the DOJ.
For most of us, it was obvious even before the antitrust trial that Microsoft bundled and then integrated middleware as a means to thwart competition. The outcome of that illegal practice was a consistent loss of market share for the company's competitors.
Those of us following the antitrust case assumed that Microsoft was not only aware of that outcome but actively pursued it, despite the fact that it could never be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
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