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Although antitrust law has many obscure details, its overall purpose is very clear.
That is to prohibit industry giants from using their bargaining chips to gain competitive advantages when competing for new markets.
There are mainly two purposes for the implementation of antitrust law; first, it encourages industry giants to rely solely on introducing and improving products to compete.
Second, it restrains industry giants from blocking their competitors' sales channels, or using other chips to pressure existing business partners to jointly suppress competitors.
Comparing this with Microsoft's approach, there is no doubt that some of its methods violated these provisions.
For example, using its advantages in operating systems to force computer manufacturers to choose only Microsoft's Navigator browser.
All of this was documented in a white paper by Lübeck, which was eventually submitted to the Trade Commission and then transferred to the Department of Justice.
