Summary Of The United Sates Vs. Microsoft Anti Trust Case

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The United Sates v. Microsoft anti trust case was based on the United Sates Justice Department’s assertion that Microsoft was monopolizing the software industry and making it too difficult for competitors to engage in the industry. Specifically, they were focused on the fact that Microsoft included software for their own web browser, Internet Explorer, with the purchase of each
Microsoft PC. The plaintiff claimed that this was unfair to competing web browsers such as
Netscape.
The Justice Department had already had issues with Microsoft’s business practices prior to the
1998 anti trust case. In 1995, they reached a settlement on a similar case in which Microsoft had planned to merge with another large technology company. In 1997, the Justice