Why Silicon Valley can’t fix itself

Re:Why Silicon Valley can’t fix itself by s2g on Friday May 04, 2018 @02:59AM (#16992718)

yeah, they learned from Microsoft's mistakes.

You have to pay the bribes.

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Re:Why Silicon Valley can’t fix itself by icebraining on Friday May 04, 2018 @03:14AM (#16992767)

I don't remember Microsoft being broken up.

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Re:Why Silicon Valley can’t fix itself by adventured on Friday May 04, 2018 @03:22AM (#16992796)

They got lucky. Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered the company broken up. The Bush Administration is plausibly the only reason Microsoft remained one company.

June 7th, 2000:

"A federal judge today ordered Microsoft Corp. split into two companies, prescribing the biggest corporate breakup since AT&T while harshly rebuking the software giant for stifling computer-age competition. "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20000607/aponl...

Then Microsoft and the DOJ made a deal on November 2nd 2001. Bush won the Presidency November 7th 2001. It's very likely the Clinton DOJ made a deal to ensure all of their hard work - indeed their victory - couldn't be easily reversed by the dramatically more business friendly Bush Administration if he were to win.

http://time.com/3553242/microsoft-monopoly/

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