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. Another issue that Microsoft was accused of was tying. Tying is the practice in which a company would use their lever…
