The Microsoft Monopoly

Description: What are views are Microsoft monopolising the space and preventing competition? What effects will this have on the ... more

The Microsoft Monopoly ... quality of choice available? Should it be forced to split up?

Newest Review: ... there were some 600,000 copies in operation worldwide. Lots of companies had developed applications to run on it including a little company called Microsoft who developed the first Basic Interpreter for Intel machines. Bill Gates and Kildall knew one another because they had been at college together and had both been users of the college computer. Unlike Gates, Kildall went on to complete his ... more

... degree. It seems Gates has led something of a charmed life. He too, was to become involved with the IBM PC, not because his company was famous but due to a fortunate accident. Apparently, one of the senior VP's at IBM was, coincidentally, a p...more

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The Microsoft Monopoly: Bill Gates - the truth? (3640 words)
by - written on 26/09/02 (Very useful, 2820 readings)
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Next time you walk past a photocopier, pause for a moment and reflect on the fact that all of the desktop technology that you take for granted, be it Windows, Mac or Internet, should by rights belong to Xerox. Yup - a copier company..... So what's all that about then?? The story of Windows and, to a lesser extent, the Mac reads like a good thriller. It is a tale of greed, business double dealing, at least one suspicious death, a whole succession of unbelievably bright people who could not, for the life of them, see any value in what they had created and two men who saw immense value in pale reflections of other people's original ideas. It also has a ... Read the complete review

MS Monopoly? (1127 words)
by - written on 20/09/01 (Very useful, 479 readings)
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We all know Microsoft rule the world. What, you say they don't? Well give them another 10 years and I reckon they will! I guess I'm probably exaggerating a bit, but if Microsoft do gain control of every aspect of the computer market then they will be in a very strong, and the way things are going Microsoft don't look as if they're going to be beaten ay anything! 99% of people reading this are going to be using a version of Microsoft's Windows, if I'm wrong and you use something else do give me a shout!! Most of you also use Microsoft's browser and e-mail client, Internet Explored and Outlook Express respectively. You probably use ... Read the complete review