U.S vs. Microsoft The current pending case against Microsoft involves the U.S department of Justice anti-trust Division and Attorney generals from 19 U.S states. The topic of the case is whether or not Microsoft has violated and Anti-Trust laws by using its monopoly in the Windows operating system to eliminate competition and harm consumers. By creating higher prices and downgrading software quality they Federal government has stated that Microsoft's practices are harmful to …showed first 75 words of 893 total…

…showed last 75 words of 893 total…zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2840266,00.html Seltzer, Wendy. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/msdoj/archive.html US vs Microsoft: The Appeal, CNN. http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/microsoft.case/ *Houston, Patrick. A Year Ago: US vs MS-the case at a glance. May 18, 1999. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t270-s2071950,00.html (terms are taken from this page) Judge slaps Microsoft's wrist but staggers competition, Mercury News. Nov 3 2002 http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/4434486.htm