United States vs Microsoft :: United States v. Microsoft

United States v. Microsoft was a court case filed against Microsoft Corporation on May 18, 1998 by the United States Department of Justice and twenty U.S. states. The plaintiffs alleged that Microsoft abused monopoly power in its handling of operational system sales and web web browser sales. (Wikipedia 1) Basically this kernel that Microsoft Corporation was accused of forming a monopoly against all new(prenominal) software corporations because Microsoft was interchange its computers with Internet venturer already installed on it. This way customers were getting a web browser for free almost and therefore. Microsoft sold more computers. This is cognize as bundling. Bundling them together is what gave Microsoft the victory in the so called browser wars because e very Windows user had a version of Internet Explorer installed on their computer upon purchase. Because of this advantage it was alleged to be unfair to other web bro wsers because it unfairly restricted the competing web browser market. The trial started in May 1998 with the US Justice Department and the Attorneys General of twenty US states suing Microsoft for illegally hindering competition in order to protect and plump its software monopoly. They were later sued because they were forcing computer makers to install IE onto the computers they sold. They threatened PC manufacturers with revoking their license to distribute Windows if they removed the IE icon from the initial desktop. (WIkipedia) Videotapes were submitted as evidence during court procedures. Among these tapes was one that demonstrated that removing IE from Microsoft Windows caused deadeningdowns and malfunctions. Viewers find that the tape had been altered because certain desktop icons would be present in once shot and then not present in some other shot. Microsoft later submitted another tape which turned up to be wrong(p) as well. The go vernment produced its own tape of downloading other browsers onto the PC. This process was slow and the icon was not placed on the