https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....

We know the MS antitrust case. I believe the point was that suggesting someone isn’t an adult is not productive.

They could’ve simply referenced the case directly.

Correct.

I'm not sure that misunderestimating the amount of time that's passed invalidates the point that it was pretty widely known before apparently being lost to the mists of time.