I appreciate that they tried but God damn did the FTC shit the bed with that case. Their arguments were awful and they threw so much pointless shit at the wall that even the judge was getting fed up with their BS.
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echoplex21@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I appreciate Lina Khan at least trying even if it feels like a huge uphill battle . For example the Microsoft case; even though she lost, her stance on any large acquisition has ensured some concessions are made even before it goes to trial such as the COD and Cloud agreements.
ketseki@lemmy.world 1 year ago
echoplex21@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Honestly there wasn’t much of a case to begin tbh. Even the CMA’s best resort was going to cloud and that turned out also to be BS as well.
glockenspiel@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The judge got fed up because her son works for Microsoft and thus the family is heavily invested–stock wise–in the company.
The judge should’ve been forced to recuse. Microsoft also should’ve had its breakup orders enforced decades ago, instead of having it tossed out by a cabal of judges.
Microsoft would be a totally different company if they didn’t have just Azure to subsidize all their own projects which operate at cost or loss to run competitors out.
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
It’s being appealed, and the judge should be impeached for failing to recuse herself (the judge’s son works for Microsoft and has a lot of stock that will gain a lot of value if the deal does finally go through.)