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Buyers and Sellers in MONOPOLY position

"They are not in this case attempting to impair or prevent the use of 3rd party (in this case Google's software), they just made an operating system which does not work well with some software (I have Vista Home Premium, I know)."

>>We don't know this, in the past they have restricted other developers access including but not limited to not publishing O/S details and call mechanisms

"This almost like a tire maker suing a wheel maker because the wheel makers new wheels don't fit with the tire maker's tires."

>>Normally, wheel makers don't make tyers. In this case, the wheel maker has 90% market share and is now making tyres as well, introducing mechanisms to stop other tyers from working. As they have over 90% of the market, this effectively puts all the other companies in a position where they will be forced out of business. I think this is what the Sherman Act calls "restraint of trade" but I'm not a lawyer...

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