The current pending case against Microsoft involves the U.S department of Justice anti-trust Division and Attorney generals from 19 U.S states. The topic of the case is whether or not Microsoft has violated and Anti-Trust laws by using its monopoly in the Windows operating system to eliminate competition and harm consumers. By creating higher prices and downgrading software quality they Federal government has stated that Microsoft's practices are harmful to citizens and should be stopped.
Microsoft's Anti-trust problems started early in 1990 when the FTC (federal trade commission) started investigating them for possible violations of the Sherman and Clayton Anti-Trust Acts which were designed to stop the formation of monopolies. * A monopoly is a situation where a single seller or producer supplies a commodity or a service. * Operating in an environment where there are no real substitutes for the product or service sold, the monopoly then controls the pricing. …
