Rating The Options (II)
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Windows Family As "OSS" Product
- Novel application as antitrust remedy, but alters OS market structure
and incentives
- Avoids “bundling” dilemma, i.e., browser integration, and judicial line-drawing
- Potential conflict between IP rights (license payments) and judicial
price-setting
- Requires continued gov't and judicial oversight role to ensure source
code disclosures
- Long-term impact on OS innovation unclear