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barrkel
on March 3, 2012
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A US court made a finding of fact that MS was a monopoly.
http://www.justice.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm
kprobst
on March 3, 2012
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Not that they were a monopoly, that's not illegal per se. The charges brought against them were related to the
abuse
of said monopoly.
barrkel
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I never said that being a monopoly was illegal. But they were found to be a monopoly. That's a necessary condition for finding someone guilty of abuse of a monopoly position.
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