Reference no: EM1315153
Q. 1) Which of the subsequent is a violation of the antitrust laws in the US also why?
(a) Microsoft monopolizes the market in PC operating systems with a 92 percent market share;
(b) Microsoft attempts to monopolize the market in Internet portals with a pattern of anti-competitive tactics (tying arrangements, refusals to deal, etc.);
(c) Microsoft sells Windows plus Microsoft Internet Explorer for less than Windows without Internet Explorer installed as the default browser;
(d) Microsoft gives Internet Explorer away free to individual adopters with variable cost estimated at $0.0067;
(e) Microsoft threatens to deli cense Compaq also Dell, who would then be unable to preinstall Windows on PCs they ship unless Compaq also Dell exclude Netscape's Internet Browser from the user interface.
2) Illustrate what difference does it make to the tying arrangement matters if Internet Explorer is a functionally integrated component of Windows? Illustrate what if it's more like a radio in an automobile than a steering post interlock device?
3) Elucidate how should Microsoft market long distance telephone services in the new wireless telecommunications devices which also include Internet portals?