Microsoft Pays Real

[Armin]

If they were forced to pay Real because of this, it's obviously a law. If it wasn't a law, Microsoft wouldn't of payed. I also really don't care about proving anything to you.

One company is not going to turn Microsoft into a monopoly. If there is one working alternative, they are not a monopoly.

I never said that, I said is it helps prevent it from happening.

[Armin]

Here's something to start with for now, I'll pick out more important information when I have time: http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/antitrust.html

Trusts and monopolies are concentrations of wealth in the hands of a few. Such conglomerations of economic resources are thought to be injurious to the public and individuals because such trusts minimize, if not obliterate normal marketplace competition, and yield undesirable price controls. These, in turn, cause markets to stagnate and sap individual initiative.

To prevent trusts from creating restraints on trade or commerce and reducing competition, Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890. The Sherman Act was designed to maintain economic liberty, and to eliminate restraints on trade and competition.

[Screenor]

Scr33n0r, I love you. I can't count how many times you've said..

Find [...] and I'll even bother arguing this with you.

Because, I'm not going to argue with someone over something so idiotic when all the person has to go by is what they THINK is what's going on. If you have something for me to go by without making a useless post like you just did, then PM it to me, otherwise, have fun typing things I wont read.