Microsoft Antitrust Case Study

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In the case United States v. Microsoft antitrust, Microsoft was accused of running a monopoly with their Internet browser. Microsoft’s Internet browser, Internet Explorer, was a competitor in the battle between Internet browsers at that time. Browsers had to be bought separately during this time and Microsoft began including their browser with their operating system Microsoft Windows giving them an advantage. This basically meant everyone that had a
Microsoft computer were using Internet explorer browsers. Accusations were first initiated in
1998 on the basis of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. What made these allegations more serious was that Microsoft has been previously accused of colluding with IBM in in the computer market, which was