Re:Antitrust Troubles Snowball for Tech Giants as Lawmakers ...
by sgift on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @02:21AM
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Which holds true for both IBM and Microsoft. Both still hold (virtual) monopolies in their respective markets: Mainframes / desktop OS. It's just that these markets are no longer the most important. That's also the reason the EU antitrust law looks at abusing your current power to get a leg up in a new market (e.g. by manipulating search results to promote your shopping service. One of the many things that got Google in hot water in the EU).
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Re:Antitrust Troubles Snowball for Tech Giants as Lawmakers ...
by BurningFrog on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @10:04AM
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> Both still hold (virtual) monopolies in their respective markets: Mainframes / desktop OS. It's just that these markets are no longer the most important.
That's actually a good point. Thanks!
Of course what's a "market" can be defined in a zillion ways, depending on what point you want to make. It's good to remember that "market" is a theoretical construct, not something tangibly real.