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Re:“Google Is as Close to a Natural Monopoly as the Bell Sys... by bnolsen on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @03:51PM (#14311062)
Microsoft dealing under the table with OEM manufacturers, forcing none to reveal any details of the deals is absolutely a prime example of abuse of their monopoly position in the OS world. A shame they never convicted of these deals.
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Re:“Google Is as Close to a Natural Monopoly as the Bell Sys... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @03:59PM (#14311117)
Especially the part where they lose their preferential price for Windows if they sell any systems with Linux installed? Yeah. (I don't think those terms are any longer in force, but there was a time...)
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