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It's not the same thing. If Microsoft was selling both the hardware and the software. IIRC the US antitrust case was mainly based on restrictions MS imposed on the OEMs. No OEMs, no issue really.

Which sort of makes sense. You don't technically don't have the obligation to make your platform open or support specific APIs regardless of your market share.



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