Microsoft Report

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In the 1920's and 30's, Standard Oil became one of the most controlling companies America had ever seen. Under the watchful eye of John Rockefeller, Standard Oil methodically phased out any and all competition. Back then, the government realized what was happening and put into effect the anti-trust law. The government, however, could easily disband Standard Oil; America could simply go to a different oil company. The government could not have seen what problems have arisen with the anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft, one of the most influential companies ever. Microsoft is not just another company that serves the world, in many ways, Microsoft runs the world. Computers are still considered to be in their infancy. When Bill Gates made the first PC, he had the control over what would be the future of computers. Instead of letting other companies make the software to run this new machine, Gates made his own company to handle it. Doing this, Gates made a company that would run ever part of the new computers and this would make Microsoft a world power in the business world within just a few years, ironically this would also cause one of the most controversial lawsuits against any comp

To understand what this ruling means for Microsoft, and more importantly, the business world, you must understand how big of an impact Microsoft has had on the computer revolution. From the beginning, Microsoft has redefined the word "domination" for a company. 97% of computers running right now, in the world, run off of or have multiple Microsoft applications on them. Microsoft has made it a practice that if any other company comes up with an idea that threatened Microsoft's empire; they would either buy the company or crush them before their product even got off the design room floor. This meant that if anyone wanted a program that Microsoft made, they would have to buy it from Microsoft, there was no generic brand to buy.

So Microsoft is a monopoly, big deal. What does that mean for you and me? A lot. When it was ruled that Standard Oil was a monopoly, the company split up and the people could just pick a new company to go to. It's not so simple with Microsoft. Computers have now become an everyday part of society. It is also an ongoing process. The programs Microsoft made are used everyday; the business world is dependent on them in many ways. If the courts try to break up Microsoft like they did to Standard Oil, there is nothing to really stop Bill Gates from packing up Microsoft and taking it off the market, and since there are no other companies to take its place, what would the world do? My feeling is that the courts do not have much power in this situation and they know that. They just let Microsoft get too powerful, which in my feeling is not necessarily a bad thing. Microsoft is always trying to build a bigger, better product and they h

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