In 2002 aU.S. district court imposed remedies relating to findings that Microsoft had a monopoly in personal computer (PC) operating systems and had maintained its monopoly through illegal actions.

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

Click on OurAgencyon the top of the window,

Click onAntitrust Division

Click onAntitrust Case Filings

FindU.S. vs.Microsoftcase filings.

Scroll down to District Court filings and find Findings of Fact

In the list ofFindings of Fact,go toCourt's Findings of Fact(Nov. 5, 1999).

You should end up at

https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-fact

In your initial response to the topic, you have to answerallquestions:

1. Describe three reasons why the court concluded that Microsoft's market share demonstrated that the company had monopoly power (see "Market Share").

2. What was Microsoft's market share of Intel-compatible PC operating systems? Of all operating systems, including those of Apple computers?

3. Describe three of the examples the court cited of Microsoft charging above-competitive prices (see "Microsoft's Pricing Behavior").

4. A key issue in situations like the Microsoft case is defining the relevant market. Do you think the court defined it too narrowly, as "all Intel-compatible operating systems world-wide"? Why or why not?How would the rise of open source software affectMicrosoft's monopoly power?