Microsoft Hatred FAQ

[Paul Rubin]

"David Schwartz" <davids at webmaster.com> writes:
> > So, your observations about Burger King are irrelevant to Microsoft.
> 
>     Because the error I'm correcting is the belief that Microsoft's conduct 
> was extremely unusual (unlike anything any reputable company had ever done, 
> essentially).

MS's monopolistic conduct was uncommon, but not so extremely unusual
as to be unheard of.  Congress had indeed seen conduct like that
before, which is why it saw the need for passing laws against it.