That has nothing to do with the collapse of Windows share. And Chrome came a very long time after those cases.
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The deeper point you're missing - Microsoft's monopoly evaporated because the market changed. Anti-trust was entirely peripheral
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And the monopoly DID evaporate. It's gone.
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Replying to @benedictevans @matthewstoller
I'm just not seeing how its monopoly is gone especially in institutions. (Do you mean smartphones? Yes; it never transitioned there).
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Replying to @zeynep @matthewstoller
Last year 250 Windows PCs and 1.5bn smartphones were sold. Microsoft's dominance is gone.
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Replying to @benedictevans @matthewstoller
What percentage of software/OS spending at the enterprise/institution level (where the money is) would you say goes to MS Win/office?
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Replying to @zeynep @matthewstoller
Microsoft has not been a leader in enterprise software for a very very long time.
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Respectfully, the tech industry had this argument years ago. PCs are the old generation and mobile replaces them.
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Replying to @benedictevans @matthewstoller
Here's disagreement/agreement. I think you are right for the future. I argue MS still holding on—for decades!—because of monopoly/legacy.
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Replying to @zeynep @matthewstoller
No, the disagreement is whether Microsoft's monopoly was ended by state action. I'd argue that it was ended by the market changing.
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Our point is that it's taking decades and decades to unravel—with stagnant company still printing money—and might not have without action.
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Replying to @zeynep @benedictevans
Markets always change, key is we didn't let Microsoft leverage its power in one part of the stack to another.
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