FTC Launches Major Antitrust Investigation into Microsoft, First in 25 Years

[ScaLibBDP]

Maybe MS should just start pre-bundling alternative options alongside their Windows OS; pick between Edge, Chrome, FF, Opera, and Brave for browsers, then Office 365, LibreOffice, OpenOffice, or Corel for Office suite options. Sort of like how one of the other big tech companies had to now offer alternatives at first boot for their preferred defaults (I forget if it's Android or Apple). To avoid bias of laziness, the choices are randomized, so that Edge is never the first option, nor is Office 365 the first option.

Really though, I just want their OS division separated and turned into a proper OS-making division again, producing something that is a proper successor to Win7 or 10, rather than 11 (which is the equivalent of Vista and 8).

>>...Maybe MS should just start pre-bundling alternative options alongside their Windows OS; pick between Edge,
>>...Chrome, FF, Opera, and Brave for browsers, then Office 365, LibreOffice, OpenOffice, or Corel for Office suite options...

The problem with monopolies in IT is more complex.

There are deals between Intel, AMD, Microsoft, Dell, HP, ASUS, Acer, NVIDIA, etc. When a US corporation ABC purchases some number of laptops for employees these computers will be pre-installed with a latest set of Microsoft software, like OS and Microsoft Office 365 ( including Teams for video meetings ). An employee of the ABC corporation has some freedom of selecting a browser, a search engine, etc. It is up to the employee if Google or Bing are used to search on the Internet.

In order to break Microsoft monopoly US Department of Justice must ban a delivery of computers to big corporations with pre-installed Microsoft software. This is absolutely unlikely.

Microsoft will Win All the Cases in a Court claiming something like "...For example, a customer can buy a Dell Precision Mobile Workstation with Windows 11, or with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The customer has a complete freedom here. Where is monopoly?"

 

[Totally]

I'll never understand why they'll go after Microsoft repeatedly and but for the most part ignore Apple and Google, esp Apple.

 

[N3utro]

Sorry; the only time this is true is if you are part of other blacklists, you are in the abused pool, or you dont have your records setup correctly. The very last is generally an introspective like "Are you sure you actually arent sending spam?" I have dealt with operators that thought there product or service was gods gift to earth, the recievers...generally disagreed.

Are you telling me you actually have setup some self hosted mail servers yourself with no issues to delivrability to microsoft servers?

I've used email deliverability services in the past which showed everything from the servers i've setup was right, no ip abuse history either from the dedicated IPs we had from our ISP, yet microsoft still treated all our mail as junk by default (it was a medical clinic mail server so no unsollicited emails ever). Microsoft servers were the only issue, everything else was delivered.

Even when doing everything by the book following microsoft postmaster recommendation and sollicitating them for that issue through their dedicated online tool channels, the issue never goes away.

Their forums are flooded with people having the same issues.

 

[Solaris17]

Are you telling me you actually have setup some self hosted mail servers yourself with no issues to delivrability to microsoft servers?

Yes? Even now. Without issue. If you need help talk to your sysadmin or engineer. Go check out my toolbox or some other free service and see what black lists your on. Then make sure your PTR records are correct. If your an advertiser your SOL because no one likes spam even if they tell you they do.

If your hosted on something like 365 you might be a young business and put in the lower tier IP pools. Open a case and see if they can issue a new one. It’s a pita to redo all your DNS records but if you’re so reliant on email I suppose it’s worth it.

If you don’t want to deal with any of this or fired your staff then use something like sendgrid.

MS also has a service you can send mail too to see what’s getting flagged. Try that before you send 50,000 80% off sale emails and get your IP burned forever.

There are third part analyzers that do the same.

Edit: also check to make sure your not an open relay; though my toolbox and the like do that for you, just so you can make sure no one is relaying your server and destroying your IP reputation regardless of your email hygiene.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I'll never understand why they'll go after Microsoft repeatedly and but for the most part ignore Apple and Google, esp Apple.

Because microsoft is the most egregious offender. They also know how to cover their ass. The offenses of Google and Apple combined pale in comparison. That's why.

Are you telling me you actually have setup some self hosted mail servers yourself with no issues to delivrability to microsoft servers?

It helps that Solaris is professional that knows what he's doing. It's not really all that difficult when one knows what they're doing.

 

[ScaLibBDP]

Because microsoft is the most egregious offender. They also know how to cover their ass. The offenses of Google and Apple combined pale in comparison. That's why.


It helps that Solaris is professional that knows what he's doing. It's not really all that difficult when one knows what they're doing.

>>...The offenses of Google and Apple combined pale in comparison....

There are Big-and-Dark-Clouds over Google since the US Department of Justice launched an investigation over a dominated position of Chrome browser.

On the Internet search for "...The Department of Justice asks court to force Google to spin off..."

 

[lexluthermiester]

>>...The offenses of Google and Apple combined pale in comparison....

There are Big-and-Dark-Clouds over Google since the US Department of Justice launched an investigation over a dominated position of Chrome browser.

On the Internet search for "...The Department of Justice asks court to force Google to spin off..."

That's not really that big of a deal. Yes, Google will have to change, but the base problem is not socially "evil" like some of Apple's(right to repair anyone?) and microsoft's(TPM, secureboot, Recall, etc, etc). offenses.

 

[R-T-B]

microsoft's(TPM, secureboot, Recall, etc, etc)

Just want to point out that of these offenses, secureboot is really the weakest because you are allowed to install your own keys. Not saying that the default keys being MS-only is great, but just better than most of the offenses here.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Just want to point out that of these offenses, secureboot is really the weakest because you are allowed to install your own keys. Not saying that the default keys being MS-only is great, but just better than most of the offenses here.

The offense isn't what they are, it's the forcing of those things without regard to user choice and and rights of choice.

 

[N3utro]

Yes? Even now. Without issue. If you need help talk to your sysadmin or engineer. Go check out my toolbox or some other free service and see what black lists your on. Then make sure your PTR records are correct. If your an advertiser your SOL because no one likes spam even if they tell you they do.

If your hosted on something like 365 you might be a young business and put in the lower tier IP pools. Open a case and see if they can issue a new one. It’s a pita to redo all your DNS records but if you’re so reliant on email I suppose it’s worth it.

If you don’t want to deal with any of this or fired your staff then use something like sendgrid.

MS also has a service you can send mail too to see what’s getting flagged. Try that before you send 50,000 80% off sale emails and get your IP burned forever.

There are third part analyzers that do the same.

Edit: also check to make sure your not an open relay; though my toolbox and the like do that for you, just so you can make sure no one is relaying your server and destroying your IP reputation regardless of your email hygiene.

I have 20+ years of professional technical experience in IT. I'm sure the setup of the mail servers using iredmail i did was pristine, as i said i used several mail deliverability online tools to make sure of it.

What self hosted mail server solution are you using yourself then?