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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 76 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft needs to be broken up.

Any company that can be so blatantly anti consumer and still makes boatloads of money is obviously abusing its dominant position on the market.

[–] conquer4@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Didn't happen with Apple, or IBM, or Google, or Facebook, or....

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't IBM broken up into different hardware and software companies? Or an I thinking of someone else

[–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Nah that's obvious. There was a major supercomputer company that split up their hardware and software soon after software wasn't strictly for one machine anymore.

[–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Which company?

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago