Bill Gates thinks Windows Mobile would have beaten Android without Microsoft’s antitrust woes

The Verge, here. 

Technology is a Tool and Weapon

B. Smith, Boss Files Podcast here (antitrust from 23:44).

Microsoft President Says 'Hipster Antitrust' Is Coming

Fortune, here.
Antitrust: Video, from 18:47.

Platform Accountability and Contemporary Competition Law: Practical Considerations

P. Verveer, here. 

What Can U.S. v. Microsoft Teach About Antitrust and Multi-Sided Platforms?

FTC Hearings, Video here. 

Microsoft CEO: antitrust law doesn't really understand tech

Wired 25, Video here. 

The 17 years since the Microsoft antitrust case taught us that regulation can spur innovation

Quartz, here. 

Brad Smith:"the single greatest cost was the distraction...we missed search"

Recode, Video here (at (8:32).
Missed: not aware or didn't dare (to hamper Google et al. because of the annoying DoJ's antitrust laser beam)?

Going to show this video to my students...forever.

Funny though that antitrust might be considered a distraction by Big Tech, while many of their tools are generally considered weapons of mass distraction.

U.S. vs. Microsoft: 20 Years Later, Lessons Learned and the Path Ahead

Yelp Video, here.

Highest exposure to antitrust enforcement (Panel 1)?
G x x x x
Apple
F x
Amazon x x x

(Gary Reback getting more depressed after each panel).

ICYMI: Winner-Take-All Digital Platforms

Panel includes Dennis Carlton, Randal Picker and Gary Reback, Video here. 

The sorry legacy of Internet Explorer

Wired.com, here. 

Google wins dismissal of U.S. lawsuit over Android app limits

Reuters.com, here. Order here.

Footnote 9:  "At a higher level of abstraction, this means that those competitors who cannot access users are unable to improve their search algorithms, thereby impairing their ability to compete with Defendant on the merits of their respective search products... This is akin to the theory of Sherman Act § 2 monopoly maintenance described in Microsoft, 253 F.3d at 60-62, wherein Microsoft’s exclusive licensing terms prevented OEMs from promoting rival Internet browsers, thereby reducing rival browser usage and developer interest in those browsers, with the effect of maintaining developer focus on developing for Microsoft’s Windows operating system, which contributed to maintaining Microsoft’s monopoly over the market for operating systems" (emphasis added).

Bork and Microsoft: Why Bork Was Right and What We Learn About Judging Exclusionary Behavior

H. First, here. 

Prediction in Antitrust is Hard (But Some Predictions are Harder than Others)

J. Wright, presentation here.

Bork and Microsoft: Why Bork Was Right and What We Learn About Judging Exclusionary Behavior

H. First, here. 

As Antitrust Case Ends, Microsoft is Victorious in Defeat

R.Lande; N.Hawker, here.