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Microsoft

United States v. Microsoft
Case Summary
On May 18, 1998, in United States v. Microsoft, the United States Department of Justice and 20 states alleged that Microsoft acted as a monopoly in its bundling of their Microsoft Windows operating system and their Internet Explorer web browser software. This made Microsoft the leader in web browser services and software production company’s by including for “free” what other company’s were trying to sell for a profit. By bundling Internet Explorer into the Windows operating system they essentially gave users no choice but to use their web browser or purchase a competitor’s at an additional cost. Since Microsoft sold Internet...

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