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Comment: Broadcom, VMware conglomerate concerns in US revolve around hard-to-pursue interoperability, bundling theories

By Flavia Fortes ( November 8, 2022, 19:45 GMT | Comment) -- The focus of the US Federal Trade Commission’s review of the proposed acquisition of VMware by Broadcom has been on conglomerate effects, particularly as they relate to interoperability between their software and hardware and other companies’ products and bundling, MLex has learned. These competition theories of harm are hard to prove and the companies could argue they don’t make financial sense. The focus of the US Federal Trade Commission’s review of the proposed acquisition of VMware by Broadcom has been on conglomerate effects, particularly as they relate to interoperability between their software and hardware and other companies’ products and bundling, MLex has learned....

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