The Case Of The Us V. Microsoft Antitrust

Microsoft is an American multinational technology company, which is stationed in Redmond, Washington. The company develops and also licenses and manufactures computer software, electronics, and personal computers. Founded forty-one years ago and becoming one of the biggest electronic companies on the planet, Microsoft has become well established. The company has had bumps in their forty-one years of operations, though.
The United States v. Microsoft antitrust case was initiated on May18,1998 by the
United States Department of Justice. The company was accused of becoming an monopoly, but moreover, “engaging” in derogatory practices. These vulgar practices that
Microsoft was accused of where contrary to sections one and two of the Sherman
Antitrust Act. The
Microsoft believed that their services went hand in hand. Microsoft was also very cooperative, during the trial. Many videos were handed over to court, showing Microsoft’s product perform poorly without
Internet Explorer bundled with Windows. Throughout the case, the Judge asked for many more specifics actions for Microsoft to follow. One was to show the service without the bundled software. Arguments and attacks went back and forth, leading to many public statements from Microsoft’s Board. They emphasized that this was an attack, due to jealousy by its competitors. They believed that competitors jealousy lead them to go to the Government to try and intervene.
On November 5,1999, Judge Jackson issued his findings, based on the evidence given to him. Due to the dominance of Window’s x-86 personal computer, its operating systems accounted for a monopoly. On April 3,2000, the Court ordered a breakup of
Microsoft’s services, due to violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. A few months later on June 7,2000, the court ordered that Microsoft break into separate components. Those two would be for producing software and the other for producing operating