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cooldeal | karma 5923 | avg karma 5.71 · 2011-04-11 20:48:00+00:00

If that's the only metric, then why was Microsoft censured for bundling IE with Windows?

billmcneale | karma 253 | avg karma 1.03 · 2011-04-11 23:17:58+00:00

That's technically not the reason why they were "censured", although what you describe was seen as part of abusing their monopoly.

Like the commenter above said, there is nothing illegal with being a monopoly.

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wtallis | karma 18533 | avg karma 3.1 · 2011-04-11 20:17:23

They leveraged one monopoly to create another instead of trying to promote IE on its merits, and implemented IE with insider knowledge of how Windows works, and did various other things like coercing OEMs. Those are the things that got them in trouble, not simply having the OS monopoly.