[AnimalMuppet]

> ... because Bill Gates was essentially too rich and his riches were so talked about that people in DC wanted to show him who's the alpha.

That's totally not how that happened. Microsoft was doing things that were legitimately anti-competitive, and legitimately against the law. That got proven, and Microsoft's best option was to take the consent decree rather than flat-out lose and let the DOJ have a free hand to write the rules going forward.

[GDC7]

How can you be anticompetitive when your software is free?

Antitrust laws were made to protect the consumer, the same consumer which was robbing Microsoft blind because they allowed piracy.

[AnimalMuppet]

For the third time: Microsoft's software wasn't free. I have no idea where you get the idea that it was.

[redler]

This user appears to be trolling. Engagement may not be intellectually rewarding.

[AnimalMuppet]

Sure looks that way...