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dylan604today at 1:23 AM3 repliesview on HN

Microsoft got pretty close to getting broken up in 2000, but settled in time to avoid the split


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xp84today at 2:47 AM

I won’t lie, I asked Copilot (of all things) first, in order to be more confident I wasn’t forgetting even one breakup, and it also pointed out that “almost” one.

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adestefantoday at 3:34 AM

It was GW Bush winning the election that allowed Microsoft to a settlement.

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johnnyanmactoday at 2:18 AM

Hot take? But I think antitrust trials should not he subject to settlement. It only proves to reinforce the accusations when a company is big enough to pay off the government.

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