# Microsoft anti-trust

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-anti-trust/87715>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 16, 2001, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-anti-trust/87715 "2001-10-16T13:49:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-anti-trust/87715/41 "2001-10-18T18:12:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Tejota \*  
> It is Apple’s fault if they didn’t support the extensions that people actually use.

It’s _Apple’s_ fault if other people don’t follow _their_ standards for _their_ technology (as documented in _their_ guidelines)? Did I hear that right? Geez louise, what planet did you come from?

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> So don’t tell me that MS intentionally breaks competitors products. I know better.

Ah, this explains everything…

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**Author:** ![Tejota](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Tejota](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tejota)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-anti-trust/87715/42 "2001-10-18T21:12:46Z")

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> \*Originally posted by rjung \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by Tejota \*  
> > It is Apple’s fault if they didn’t support the extensions that people actually use.
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> It’s _Apple’s_ fault if other people don’t follow _their_ standards for _their_ technology (as documented in _their_ guidelines)? Did I hear that right? Geez louise, what planet did you come from?

Ok, so it’s web page designers fault. Does that really make any difference? It certainly Isn’t Microsoft’s fault.  
All of the code involved was written by Apple and/or various web page designers.

The only way MS could have ‘fixed’ this problem was to register these extensions on behalf of QT. Are you actually saying MS is guilty because they didn’t fix their competitors code to work better than the competitor designed it to? :rolleyes: right back at 'ya.

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**Author:** ![Tejota](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Tejota](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tejota)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-anti-trust/87715/43 "2001-10-18T21:23:58Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Marcus \*  
> **Tejota** , do you or did you work for Microsoft?

Did. I started as OS/2 drivers expert back when OS/2 was jointly written by MS & IBM. I left a few months after shipping Win95.

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