However, many of Microsoft's business tactics are far from typical, some observers said. I really view the Microsoft case as extremely instructive in many ways for the future. I think one can overdo the morality lesson from a case like this. The precedents set by the Microsoft case could produce de facto elements of regulation. Consumer advocate James Love said the lack of fallout from the IBM case proves that the Microsoft ruling will not have an adverse impact on the industry or the economy.
Monopolies tend to have big market share as their goal and therefore beat off their competition.
They can actually look forward to a period where they can compete on the basis of their technology rather than whether they can withstand the kind of sabotage Microsoft dealt. The government's measures are aimed at stimulating innovation by giving PC OEMs, for example, more choice in selling other operating systems. Critics counter that market dynamics are not likely to change. Additional reporting by Ed Scannell, Jennifer Jones, and Eugene Grygo. The final judgment U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's ruling that Microsoft be broken into two companies to prevent it from further monopolizing the high-tech industry also came with several restrictions that should take effect within months.