Microsoft Corp; Are they impeding market competition in software?

Answer 1

No. No one can compete with them. It's not their fault that everyone chose to use their system for business and home. They put out a good product that was needed at the time (ie: Win 3.1 and Win 95). People started buying it. You can't begrudge a company for their sucess.

Answer 2

Of course they are. It is like saying the defensive team in football is trying to impede the offensive team.

Business is about succeeding over your competition. I personally think Microsoft products are not technically great, but they are clever at business, as a result the dominate the market and restrict competition.

In the Information age it is very easy for one organisation to totally dominate. This is because it goes beyond things such as geography and physical limits.

Personally I think this is a bad thing for society and feel that the capatilist system needs reform to reflect the issues apparent in the modern information age.

Answer 3

Yes, and No.

Just as other companies have come to dominate the market, are they helping the market become stronger, or are the keeping the competion from maintaining a significant share of the market?

I don't know of any CEO that says we only want x% of the market. We only want x% of consumers to want our product.

Microsoft is really no different, on the surface, than any other company. They want 100% market share.

The real issue is if some of the people at Microsoft have used illegal tactics to achieve that goal. Some say they have, and Microsoft has paid some fines, etc. for when they got caught.

Answer 4

No, they are simply providing the best products available for the best price available.

The law of supply and demand.

I love fingbun's comment - "Of course they are. It is like saying the defensive team in football is trying to impede the offensive team." - it really says it well.