Antitrust Proceedings against Microsoft

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Antitrust Proceedings against Microsoft

Introduction

Antitrust lawsuit was brought against Microsoft in 1994 by the United States government. This lawsuit alleged that the Microsoft Corporation had established a monopoly position in the operating systems market. However, the specific allegations were that Microsoft impeded other players from entering the market through the embedding of its Internet browser into its operating system. Thereby, Microsoft engaged in bundling to extend its government-provided monopoly over the operating system to include a monopoly for the Internet browser. This way Microsoft effectively kicked out Netscape and other smaller players from the market by disabling ...