The Microsoft Case: reasons and outcomes of the browser war

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Résumé

In what ways do Microsoft anticompetitive practices, in order to maintain its monopoly in the market for operating systems and to develop its own browser technology, have impacted the competition and the consumer's welfare?

Table of contents:

Introduction

I) The Microsoft's anticompetitive practices

A. Microsoft's attempts to divide the browser market
B. Microsoft's massive investments in browser technology
C. Microsoft's pricing of Internet Explorer at zero
D. Microsoft's use of exclusivity and tying
1. Microsoft's exclusive contracts
a. Exclusionary agreements with Personal Computer Manufacturers
b. Exclusionary agreements with Internet Access Providers
c. Exclusionary agreements with Internet Content Providers
2. Microsoft's tying and bundling of Internet Explorer to Windows

II) The impact of these practices on competition and consumers

A. Effects on Netscape
1. The change in Netscape's market share
2. The direct causes of change in usage shares
B. Effects on the consumer's welfare
1. Benefits for users from these practices
a. Short run benefits
b. Long run benefits
2. Consumer harmed by distorting competition
a. Short run damages
b. Long run damages

Conclusion

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