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0 pointsmillstone6y ago0 comments

A key finding was that Microsoft had a monopoly on the PC OS market, with marketshare > 90%. If 90's Microsoft had Apple's marketshare today, <50% in US, the judgement would have been absurd.

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Fellshard6y ago

Defining monopoly as level of market share and not just shutting out competition has always and will always be a mistake.

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0 pointsmillstone6y ago0 comments

A key finding was that Microsoft had a monopoly on the PC OS market, with marketshare > 90%. If 90's Microsoft had Apple's marketshare today, <50% in US, the judgement would have been absurd.

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Fellshard6y ago

Defining monopoly as level of market share and not just shutting out competition has always and will always be a mistake.

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