Open AccessMicrosofts Monopoly: Anti-Competitive Behavior, Predatory Tactics, And The Failure Of Governmental Will
Author(s) -
Gregory T. Jenkins,
Robert W. Bing
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of business and economics research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-8893
pISSN - 1542-4448
DOI - 10.19030/jber.v5i1.2508
Subject(s) - monopoly , monopolistic competition , corporation , settlement (finance) , government (linguistics) , predatory pricing , state (computer science) , monopolization , business , economics , industrial organization , market economy , finance , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , payment
Thirty years ago, Microsoft Corp. was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. To understand how the company has gained competitive advantage we examine how the company used unfair, anti-competitive, and predatory approaches in their business. We discuss how we have come to the belief that the government settlement in United States and State of New York, et al., v. Microsoft Corporation imposing restrictions on Microsoft’s behavior and monitoring its actions for compliance is not enough to keep it from abusing its monopolistic power and does too little to prevent it from dominating the software and operating system industry today.