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They only threatened that because Microsoft wasn’t donating to democrat politicians. Once the $ started flowing Janet Reno backed off. It was nothing but a grift.

7 posted on 06/14/2022 1:49:02 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))

Agreed. To me part of the irony is the deal Microsoft/Bill Gates made with Apple to practically save Apple. Microsoft was investing zillions into Apple when no-one else would under two conditions: Apple would let a Mac version of Microsoft Office be sold, and Apple would put Steve Jobs back in as CEO.

A lot of die-hard Mac Heads hate to be reminded of that. So how does Steve Jobs pay back Bill Gates? A few years later Apple teamed up with Netscape to ask the DOJ to bring Microsoft down. Of course with Netscape, that's where the "scandal" of having IE be free with Windows comes in.

10 posted on 06/14/2022 1:54:49 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)