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38 points

In retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.

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Looking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.

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Part of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.

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This is why we can’t have good things.

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Ma Bell, the ill communication

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Which sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.

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For anyone curious about BeOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk

Also there’s apparently an open source version of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco

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Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk

https://piped.video/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco

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I was so excited to try BeOS back then. I don’t think I ever got my hands on a copy, but it just looked so good.

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I got to play with a BeBox for a few hours at a friend’s store and it was pure joy to play with compared to what Apple and Microsoft had to offer.

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