With its decision to begin an antitrust inquiry into IBM's mainframe business, the U.S. Department of Justice could be renewing a legal battle it fought with the company decades ago.
IBM's mainframe business has over the years been somewhat of a steamroller, rarely slowing down to take a look at the little things in its way it may have crushed.
IBM is facing an antitrust inquiry from the U.S. Department of Justice for recent actions the company has taken in the mainframe computer market, according to the trade group that filed the complaint.
Microsoft appears to have reached an agreement with the European Commission that concludes an antitrust battle that has lasted a decade, Europe's top competition regulator said Wednesday.
Microsoft faces more criticism over the Internet Explorer "ballet screen" proposal it made to European antitrust regulators, possibly delaying a deal, the Wall Street Journal said Sunday.
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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