How One Tech Monopoly Paved the Way for Another

In a landmark antitrust ruling against Google last week, another
case was at the heart of the story — one from the 1990s.


Steve Lohr, who covers technology and the economy for The Times,
explains the influence of United States v. Microsoft and what
lessons that case might hold for the future of Big Tech today.


Guest: Steve Lohr, who covers technology, the economy and work
for The New York Times.


Background reading: 


How the Google antitrust ruling may influence tech
competition.

The ruling on Google’s search dominance was the first
antitrust decision of the modern internet era in a case against a
technology giant.



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