The government says that Microsoft has violated the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which is designed to protect customers against businesses that are fixing prices, rigging bids, or allocating customers. They are doing this by giving away their Microsoft Internet Explorer browser in order to keep Netscape from becoming a competitive force, and it is illegal for a company to undercharge their products for the sole purpose of driving their competitors out of business. Microsoft has tied together their web browser with Windows so that people will have both of their products without having to worry about people buying the Netscape Navigator web browser. (Sullivan)

However, Microsoft and Netscape are not the only ones involved in this conflict. America Online, one of the most popular Internet service providers today, is also

"'Microsoft's products are popular because we've focused on our customers and innovated to meet their needs," Gates continued. "In this industry, no company has a guaranteed position. Microsoft has succeeded because we have been guided by the most basic American values: innovation, integrity, serving customers, partnership, quality and giving to the community. We compete vigorously, but fairly"' (Microsoft).

(Stanford). This is why the government has established laws to prevent this, and has to step in and stop it when it does happen. Yes, Microsoft has many good products, and ultimately people can buy what they want, but Microsoft has done many things to prevent people from buying other products, as well as went around and bended many laws. Right now, Microsoft is probably the most technological of all computer software, but if this monopoly is allowed to stay like it is now, it will dominate everything and consumers won't have the choice to pick between Microsoft or their other competitors.

The new trial was originally expected to last for several years, but now they are saying that it may go straight to the Supreme Court and be over sometime in the year 2000. If this happens, they will skip the lengthy appeals, and try to get this over as soon as possible because of the upcoming presidential elections. Under the Antitrust Expeding Act, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson could pass the motion by DOJ to skip the appeals arguing that "'immediate consideration of the Supreme Court is of general public importance'" (Raikow). The lawyer representing the

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