Since the Justice Department announced a daily penalty of one million US dollars against Microsoft, this antitrust battle had become the headline of major news outlets.
Following Standard Oil, AT&T, and IBM, America finally had another antitrust lawsuit.
Yes, IBM had also been targeted with an antitrust lawsuit in the 1980s. However, after a lengthy 13-year investigation, the case had faded away.
Because over time, IBM had fallen behind its competitors in many businesses.
Along with its own decline, IBM had severe financial problems in the early 90s.
If the object of antitrust was already struggling to survive, what reason was there to continue the investigation?
IBM, having narrowly escaped, was ultimately let off lightly by the Justice Department.
Now, Microsoft had taken up IBM's baton and had started to become the target of the Justice Department's scrutiny.
