The Anti-Trust Case Against Microsoft
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Since 1990, a battle has raged in United States courts between the
United States government and the Microsoft Corporation out of Redmond,
Washington, headed by Bill Gates. What is at stake is money. The federal
government maintains that Microsoft's monopolistic practices are harmful to
United Stat ....
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.... of the European Commission in June of 1993. (Maldoom 1) Doing this
stalled the investigations even more, until finally in August of 1993, (Check
1)the Federal Trade Commission decided to hand the case over to the Department
of Justice. The Department of Justice moved quickly, with Anne K. Bingaman, head
of the Antitrust Division of the DOJ, leading the way.(Check 1) The case was
finally ended on July 15, 1994, with Microsoft signing a consent
settlement.(Check 1)
The settlement focu ....
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