Which law are they breaking at this moment?

> Which law are they breaking at this moment?

Fuck if I know, I'm not a Federal prosecutor.

Point is, it's not hard to draw a line between legal history (United States vs. Microsoft) and various software giants and their practices.

We've got a collective short-memory.

What is exactly the legal history of the US vs MS ?

Microsoft were accused of being a monopoly and abusing it in the US. The case was settled[0] with Microsoft retreating in the browser wars and other things.

There were further cases brought by the EU over media players.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft

We were talking about the US : the settlement did basically nothing which could be said to be detrimental to MS.

Heck, they are opening up for years by themselves now.

OK keeping to the US case

> The proposed settlement required Microsoft to share its application programming interfaces with third-party companies and appoint a panel of three people who will have full access to Microsoft's systems, records, and source code for five years in order to ensure compliance

Are you arguing that this had no effect? What about the effect it had on having to tread more carefully in the future?

Yes I am arguing it was merely a flick on the wrist(?).

Threading more carefully : you may have a point there.

Please explain how those measures have cost them money or market share.