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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 6 page paper discussing Microsoft as the monopoly that does not fully qualify as one and the likely results on consumers of the recent settlement of the US Justice Department’s antitrust case against the company. Industry pressures have kept realized prices of Microsoft products low, far below levels that would qualify Microsoft as having monopolistic control of the operating system and Internet browser markets. The single result that most directly will affect consumers is that we now can delete Internet Explorer® icons from our desktops and can designate another browser as being default much more easily. In short, there is likely to be little if any direct effect on the consumer. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Page Count:
6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSMSconsumers.rtf
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Computer users have complained about Microsoft for years, grumbling all the while when we purchase computers with Microsoft operating systems and Internet Explorer loaded on. Many have forgotten
the early days of the PC when a PC purchase only brought a blank machine without any way to run it included. Operating systems were extra purchases and there
was little choice - users could opt for Apple products with its proprietary system for which there were few business applications existing, or we could choose the PC format.
There, it was a choice between PC-DOS or the current incarnation of MS-DOS. In IBMs pre-humbled days and while that company was in the throes of arrogance toward customers
and their needs, products were inferior to nearly any alternative. MS-DOS was the only reasonable PC format choice available. Background
In the ensuring years, Microsoft has grown exponentially, and not only because it was able to provide the only reasonable choice in the early
years. As the PC market exploded and new technology was made available at the rate of less than a full year, committed users found it necessary to replace outmoded
equipment long before it lost its ability to perform. Hardware manufacturers dealt with intense competition and found it beneficial to include operating systems and some basic software on their
products. Entering into agreements with the leading operating system publisher was beneficial, but that publisher eventually turned to predatory practices to build a monopoly. While it is doubtful
that Bill Gates set out 20 years ago to monopolize the fledgling software industry, that is the reality - in practice - that has developed.
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