The judge has found that Microsoft has a monopoly on operating systems for the Intel processor as a matter of fact. So What? IBM has a monopoly on the operating systems for their AS/400, RS/6000 and mainframe processors. Sun has a monopoly on the operating systems for their SPARC processors. HP has a monoploy on the operating systems for their PA RISC processors. So why isn't the government suing them? I assume that because that these companies own the intellectual property to both the processor and the operating system they are allowed by law to have a monopoly. What if Microsoft bought Intel? Why would such a merger be prohibited since Microsoft and Intel combined would still be smaller than IBM?
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The judge has found that Microsoft has a monopoly on operating systems for the Intel processor as a matter of fact. So What? IBM has a monopoly on the operating systems for their AS/400, RS/6000 and mainframe processors. Sun has a monopoly on the operating systems for their SPARC processors. HP has a monoploy on the operating systems for their PA RISC processors. So why isn't the government suing them? I assume that because that these companies own the intellectual property to both the processor and the operating system they are allowed by law to have a monopoly. What if Microsoft bought Intel? Why would such a merger be prohibited since Microsoft and Intel combined would still be smaller than IBM?