2007-03-26 07:32:23 · 4 answers · asked by Chelsea S 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
Yes Microsoft is a monopoly. The US Supreme court determined that after hearing considerable evidence from both sides. The recomendation of the court was that Microsoft be broken up into smaller independent companies, however, President Bush reduced the sentence to community service (giving free copies of Microsoft products to school systems) and the promise by Microsoft that they would not use extortion to discourage the hardware makers from offering competing software products.
2007-03-26 11:38:05 · answer #1 · answered by Niklaus Pfirsig 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think, although not in a legal sense. It's a virtual monopoly.
2007-03-30 13:30:01 · answer #2 · answered by Torontorian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to buy a pc that doesn't have windows on it. That is a monopoly.
2007-03-27 07:56:27 · answer #3 · answered by tomd111 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because they have competition.
2007-03-26 18:35:49 · answer #4 · answered by jdkilp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋