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History repeating itself: Apple could learn from Microsoft’s past

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<p>They say that those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it. They don’t say what happens to those who just audit history.</p><p>Writing for the Forbes contributor network and Easy-Bake Oven Cake School, Dan Runkevicius says <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/danrunkevicius/2020/08/24/watch-out-apple-the-same-mistake-destroyed-microsoft-in-1998/#449dc10f3b43" rel="nofollow">“Watch Out, Apple. The Same Mistake Destroyed Microsoft In 1998.”[/url] (Tip o’ the antlers to Sam.)</p><p>Repeatedly stepping on a rake and having it smash you in the face? Being the dean of Self-Owns University, a for-profit college?</p>

<p>So, in 1998, the U.S. Department of Justice ordered a break up of Microsoft’s monopoly. In the end, Microsoft reached a settlement, but it had lost most of its powers in computer software.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3573390/history-repeating-itself-apple-could-learn-from-microsoft-s-past.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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url=https://www.macworld.com/article/3573390/history-repeating-itself-apple-could-learn-from-microsoft-s-past.html#tk.rss_all]History repeating itself: Apple could learn from Microsoft’s past[/url]