They split up AT&T back in the day. It immediately started rebuying all the subsidiaries it was forced to spin off plus a metric butt-load of media companies so they can spin the news and never have to go through it again.
They could have avoided divestiture if they sold off Western Electric.
No, just look at ms now.
They still have the whole Wintel Office thing going. Ppl think Microsoft is cool now because Google and Facebook make them look good. Microsoft is still abusive.
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