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posted by Editor on Thursday December 26, @06:37PM
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This editorial in Wired compares Microsoft's recent anti-trust settlement with the Kingsbury Commitment, the deal that AT&T made with the government in 1913 in which it promised to provide universal telephone service in exchange for accepting regulation as a monopoly. On the surface, it appears that the big difference between the deals is that AT&T gave up a lot, and Microsoft gave up very little, potentially leaving it in a far better position. However, the analysis concludes that Microsoft's monopoly of the PC market is being recognized just as the growth of that market is slowing, and there's little evidence that Microsoft's dominance of the desktop will translate to dominance of new markets. Further, the best thing about the settlement is that it will force Microsoft's competitors to stop believing that it is so powerful that only the government can stand in its way.
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