19 Sep In 2002 U.S. court of appeals imposed remedies relating to a lower courts findings that Microsoft had a monopoly in personal computer (PC) operating system and had maintained its monop

Task 1: 300 words with references

In 2002 a U.S. court of appeals imposed remedies relating to a lower court’s findings that Microsoft had a monopoly in personal computer (PC) operating system and had maintained its monopoly through illegal actions.

At the U.S. Justice Department’s Web site,  www.usdoj.gov ,

Click on the  Agencies on the top of the window,

Click on  Antitrust Division and then on   website

Click on  Antitrust Case Filings

Find  U.S. vs. Microsoft case filings.

Scroll down to District Court filings and find Findings of Fact

In the list of  Findings of Fact find  Court’s Findings of Fact  (11/5/99).

In your initial response to the topic you have to answer  all  questions:

1. On what basis did the court conclude that Microsoft was a monopoly (see “Market Share”)?

2. What was Microsoft’s market share of Intel-compatible PC operating system? Of all operating system, including those of Apply computers?

3. What evidence did the court cite in claiming that Microsoft charged above-competitive prices (see “Microsoft’s Pricing Behavior”)?

4. Reflection – the students also should include a paragraph  in the initial response in their own words reflecting on specifically what they learned from the assignment and how they think they could apply what they learned in the workplace or in everyday life.