he computer industry with such products as Ultimate TV (digital TV recorder) and the X-BOX (video game console).Secondly if you follow the free enterprise system or lassies faire we are supposed to have a market system, which the government does not interfere. Well this is one big example as to why that little theory is a lie. A monopoly basically is when one company has no competition what so ever. Have you heard of Apple-Macintosh, Lenox, Linux, Unix, Sun, Netscape, and Lotus? Well let’s just say those are all or most of Microsoft’s competition, which still exist today. As another example to prove why Microsoft is not a monopoly, is let’s say you start a lemonade stand on your street, but also on this street are 10 other lemonade stands. To make your product a little better you decide to make your stand look real snazzy, you are able to get and use fresher lemons and sugar. Your secret combination of ingredients make your lemonade taste much better and eventually you start taking other people’s customers from them. Say a few of the bad ones went out of business and the rest are left with very few customers barely if at all making profit. So tell me have you created a Monopoly or done what I call good business? Exactly Microsoft has done good business not violating Anti-Trust Laws.In conclusion e Bill Gates did buy out much of his competition or just wiped them out, but who wouldn’t want to without the help of Microsoft technology would be years behind what it is today. Also keep in mind the fact that Microsoft invests heavily in research and development does not evidence a lack of monopoly power. Indeed, Microsoft has incentives to innovate aggressively despite its monopoly power. First, if there are innovations that will make Intel-compatible PC systems attractive to more consumers, and those consumers less sensitive to the price of Windows, the innovations will translate into increased profit...
