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minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down2·10 months agoThat didn’t work in the 90s.
minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·10 months agoIn retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·10 months agoPart of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 months agoThis is why we can’t have good things.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 months agoWhich sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoI was so excited to try BeOS back then. I don’t think I ever got my hands on a copy, but it just looked so good.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI got to play with a BeBox for a few hours at a friend’s store and it was pure joy to play with compared to what Apple and Microsoft had to offer.
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·10 months agoLooking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.
minus-squareDarorad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoIt might work if the fine was a couple hundred billion, we can give them a payment plan.
That didn’t work in the 90s.
In retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
Part of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
This is why we can’t have good things.
Ma Bell, the ill communication
Which sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
I was so excited to try BeOS back then. I don’t think I ever got my hands on a copy, but it just looked so good.
I got to play with a BeBox for a few hours at a friend’s store and it was pure joy to play with compared to what Apple and Microsoft had to offer.
Looking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.
It might work if the fine was a couple hundred billion, we can give them a payment plan.