[umanwizard]

Microsoft was never forced to break up, they just had to change some of their business practices.

[AlbertCory]

to be pedantic: the trial judge did order a breakup. On appeal, that penalty was struck down.

[CSMastermind]

Which is honestly a shame. Even as a budding software engineer I didn't really understand the Microsoft anti-trust case at the time. It's only now that I appreciate the problem and do think it would have been better for everyone, Microsoft included, had they been broken up.

[Retric]

That’s the joke.