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by BraveNewCurency 2478 days ago
> polls showed that people were opposed to breaking up Microsoft 54-35.

Sure. But that is entirely based on their perception. If you asked "Should Microsoft be allowed to charge Dell a Windows license for every CPU, even Dell ships a different OS?", you will get a different answer.

The real problem is that any case takes 10+ years to litigate, so the landscape is completely changed, reducing the willpower of the public to enforce.