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minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·2 years agoIn retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·2 years agoPart of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoThis is why we can’t have good things.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoWhich sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoI was so excited to try BeOS back then. I don’t think I ever got my hands on a copy, but it just looked so good.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI got to play with a BeBox for a few hours at a friend’s store and it was pure joy to play with compared to what Apple and Microsoft had to offer.
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minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·2 years agoLooking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.
In retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
Part of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
This is why we can’t have good things.
Ma Bell, the ill communication
Which sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
I was so excited to try BeOS back then. I don’t think I ever got my hands on a copy, but it just looked so good.
I got to play with a BeBox for a few hours at a friend’s store and it was pure joy to play with compared to what Apple and Microsoft had to offer.
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Looking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.