accessible and useful to customers.("Netscapes Complaintagainst MicroSoft." 2) Another accusation that Netscape is making againstMicrosoft is that they are doing the same type of things with the largeinternet service providers of the nation. They are offering the large internetproviders of the nation, such as Netcom and AT&T, space on the Windows 95desktop, in return for the internet providers consent that they will not offerNetscape Navigator, or any other competing internet software to theircustomers.("Netscapes Complaint against MicroSoft." 3)Netscape is becoming ever more concerned with Microsofts practices, becausefor now, they are going untouched by the government and it looks as if it willstay that way for quite some time now. The are very much worried, as they watchthe numbers of users switching to Microsofts browser, and the number of usersusing Navigator slipping.Besides all of the accusations of monopolistic actions Netscape lay down onthem, Microsoft does seem to have one advantage when it comes to the browserwars. Their new browser, version 3.0, matches Netscapes feature for feature,with one added plus: it is free and Microsoft says that it always free. So istheir internet server, Internet Information Server. Whereas Netscape charges$50 and $1500 for their browser and their web server, respectively.("NetscapesComplaint against MicroSoft." 3)With all the information that has been presented for both sides of the issue,you are probably left in a daze, not knowing what to think. Is Microsoft good?Or is Microsoft bad? Well, the answer is a little bit of both. Even though theJustice Department found that Microsoft might be practicing some techniquesthat are less than ethical, they did not find that Microsoft was breaking anyanti-trust laws, nor did Microsoft actually admit to the accusations when theysigned the agreement. If anything, them signing the agreement was more of asorry than an full fledged admission of guilt. Other pe...
