November 19, 2001 Why cAntitrust Microsoft Microsoft has been in the sights of the US Government for almost eleven years now. According to a Wired News timeline way back in 1990 the Federal Trade Commission began to investigate a possible conspiracy between IBM and Microsoft. After that Microsoft had been in and out of courtrooms for about five years without any punishment. Then in July 1994 Microsoft settled antitrust charges with the Justice Department, signing a decree that forbid …showed first 75 words of 1648 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1648 total…for violating the antitrust act. Until the day that the price of windows skyrockets Microsoft should be left alone. The article titled The Microsoft Corporation in collision with antitrust law echoes my own thoughts on Microsoft’s position as king of the hill. In the body of the article it states “Microsoft is one of the biggest and most successful companies in the world today because it keeps its products state-of-the-art and easy to use.”