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minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish38•2 years agoIn retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
minus-squarechaogomulinkfedilink27•2 years agoPart of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years agoWhich sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoI 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.
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoI 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoFor 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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minus-squareMattTheTekielinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoLooking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.
In retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
Part of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
This is why we can’t have good things.
Ma Bell, the ill communication
Which sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
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.
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.
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
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk
https://piped.video/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Don’t tell the other bots but you are my favorite 🤫
Looking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.