On 1/6/2013 8:42 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
Like browsers, for instance. When Microsoft had their browser merely uninstallable and set as the *initial* default browser, the DOJ went apeshit, nevermind the fact that MS did *nothing* to prevent people from downloading and using competing browsers.
The other bizarre thing about that case was the browsers were all free - IE, Opera, Netscape. Arguably it isn't even a marketplace if all the products are free (contract law doesn't recognize a transaction unless there is an exchange of value, which is why you'll see contracts that pay $1). I don't see how anti-trust laws even applied.
