Things like the iPhone weren't going to come from Microsoft. Rather than beating them in the desktop market, which Apple still hasn't done, it won on a different battlefield.
Re:What Happened to the Microsoft Monopoly?
by rprasad on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @04:26PM
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That was my point -- without the antitrust injunction, Microsoft would not have invested in Apple. Ergo, Apple owes its existence today to the injunction.
Re:What Happened to the Microsoft Monopoly?
by noarchy on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @07:22PM
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The article I linked never mentioned the injunction. Apple was suing Microsoft, and the investment by MS was part of how Steve Jobs offered to settle the matter.
Things like the iPhone weren't going to come from Microsoft. Rather than beating them in the desktop market, which Apple still hasn't done, it won on a different battlefield.