Why was Microsoft Investigated for Antitrust Behavior? Karen Elmore ECON 312 Professor Guerman Kormilov Devry University Microsoft is a very large and diverse computer software company. It was investigated for antitrust behavior after there were reports that Microsoft was abusing their position as the leading supplier of computer operating systems. Lawmakers investigated to see if Microsoft was trying to create a monopoly of the computer software market. They found that Microsoft was trying
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Case 2.1: Strategy for Competing with Microsoft: Fight or Flight? Question-1: Was it ethical for Microsoft to force users of its Windows operating system to use its internet browsers as well by bundling the programs together and preventing PC manufacturers from making other software available to computer buyers? Was Microsoft’s behavior toward its rivals ethical? Why or why not? Answer: By bundling its internet browser and other programs together Microsoft was forcing its buyers to use their
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Last month we saw another failed attempt at catching the notorious kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman‚ leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. This escape evokes the question of what should be the best approach when pursuing high value wanted criminals‚ and how are we going to train these special forces to do what is best for the people of Mexico. NBC have stated that : “Authorities nearly caught Sinaloa Cartel leader El Chapo during a recent operation on a ranch in Sinaloa state’s rugged Sierra Madre mountains
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Oscar Romero strived to remedy the situation in El Salvador‚ much like key thinker Aristotle would have. The core of Aristotle’s ethics is political intent. While Romero was primarily opposed to politics and government in El Salvador‚ the two share the same fundamental belief that the first and foremost concern is the people (In Aristotle’s case; Polis – the Greek city state‚ and in Romero’s; the Church). Anyone outside this community of people or polis‚ is an isolated person‚ a beast or god (Text
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El Chapo a God? In the most recent news around the world news that El Chapo the famous drug Kingpin was incarcerated into mexico’s most fortified maximum security prison‚ but that could keep him locked up. He had his mind set on bigger and better things. He owned just about everyone. If not‚ he’d pay you off and if you didn’t accept it‚ he would have you killed. He is a man of many people he has a lot of power and control. He’s sought to be the most wanted drug trafficker in the world. Joaquin
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points of common ground between Microsoft and Red Hat‚ and show where and how they differ in their respective business strategies. In addition‚ this paper will attempt to offer insights into the crafting of business strategy by Microsoft and by Red Hat‚ in order to create for their respective firms what Thompson‚ Strickland‚ & Gamble (2010) speak of as “sustainable competitive advantage” en route to realising the business ‘bottom-line.’ Business Strategies: Microsoft and Red Hat Finding commonalities
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Microsoft in China and India‚ 1993-2007 Risks faced by Microsoft in China and impact to performance Risks Intellectual Property Localization Details Largest piracy rates in the world – 98% *Huge character sets required new versions of software *Chinese used mobiles more than the PC (can the mobile be a computing device)? *High profile revelation by Juliet Wu‚ former GM on commitment * Suspicion on security *Open source market * Entrepreneurship bug for Chinese software engineers *Legislation
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To other people living in different country such as Mexico‚ China‚ Central America and other parts of the country it appears to be a dream to be living the “American Dream” or “El Otro Lado”. In “The Distance Between US” Reyna visualized it as the country were their parents dream was for a better life it could of bring them and the country that took away both parents‚ a dream as opposed to what the reality is. “The American Dream” is were everyone wants to be part of‚ living in a different country
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beginning of 2015 the homicide rate in El Salvador has reached it’s highest point in history since the end of their 12-year civil war. This peak in homicides is due to gang leaders being moved to maximum security prisons instead of being in low security prisons. It also has to deal with the clash between street gangs and security forces. El Salvador has a population of 6.4 million people‚ from January to August there were 4‚246 homicides. Since this act of violence El Salvador has been ranked one of the
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From 1980 to 2011‚ Microsoft was entrenched as the dominant personal computer operating system‚ giving it enormous influence over many aspects of the compu- ter hardware and software industries (for the story of Microsoft’s rise‚ see “The Rise of Microsoft” in Chapter 4). Though competing operating systems had been in- troduced during that time (e.g.‚ Unix‚ Geoworks‚ NeXTSTEP‚ Linux‚ and the Mac OS)‚ Microsoft’s share of the personal computer operating system market held stable at
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