Essay Archive - The Anti-Trust Case Against Microsoft
The Anti-Trust Case Against Microsoft
Since 1990, a battle has raged in United States courts between the United
States government and the Microsoft Corporation out of Redmond, Washington,
headed by Bill Gates. What is at stake is money. The federal government
maintains that Microsoft’s monopolistic practices are harmful to United
States citizens, creating higher prices and potentially downgrading
software quality, and should therefore be stopped, while Microsoft and its
supporters claim that they are not breaking any laws, and are just doing
good business.
Microsoft’s antitrust problems bega....
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