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This 5 page report discusses the issues surrounding the recent
lawsuit filed against the Microsoft Corporation by the U.S.
Department of Justice. What issues were at hand? Why did the
government believe it had a legitimate case? The question
uppermost in the concerns regarding the case focused more on the
fact that Microsoft violated the terms of a 1995 consent decree,
and continued what the government called illegal and
anti-competitive practices. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWmicdoj.rtf
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that virtually no aspect f the case, the legal battle, or even the issue itself can be considered clearly defined of "cut-and-dried." Microsoft, undeniably, has a larger presence throughout the
computer software industry and the users of its many products since its operating system defines, to a great degree, how work is done in the modern business world. With a
company that has virtually always been in a "near-monopoly" situation such as Microsoft, it comes as no surprise that there are many who believe the company should be split into
two (or more) independent organizations. However, apart from the political, economic, and free trade issues that have surrounded the case, there are certain legal issues that must be considered in
terms of their larger impact in a number of purely legal interpretations. The case is much more than that between one company and the government. It is far
more useful to see it in terms of the high tech industry dealing with legal constraints imposed long before anybody imagined a world in which a company such as Microsoft
could exist. Just the Facts The case study presented by Microsoft and the scrutiny of the Justice Department and Congress serves as an excellent departure point to establish the
nature and premises of what is and is not antitrust, how the modern world defines the nature and appropriateness of competition in the interconnected "information age." It is important
to understand that in the computer and software industry, growth came in the form of reliance on external economies, that is, keeping pace with the technological progress of other companies
in the same industry rather than each company going its own way. Microcomputer companies that remain active to this day are the ones that view computers as open ended machines,
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