... product. By increasing the value they may even be able to increase their prices. 3. Threats • Lawsuits - In the past Microsoft has been threaten with lawsuits by Apple and others. Even though they were not found guilty the cost of the trial was rather high. In the future they can expect more lawsuits from the government and other companies. They need to ... 61607; Different products, new / old markets • Stability o No Change • Competitive / Special Niche o Differentiation  By means of quality & performance o Market Focus  Broad  Narrow Backward Integration Because Microsoft...

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... up by the Justice Department. In order to understand what is going on in the trial, you need to know the history of Microsoft. Without knowing the history of Microsoft, there would be no way of forming an accurate opinion of whether Microsoft should be broken up or not. Microsoft first came into existence in 1975 and was founded by William H. Gates III(Bill ... move made MS-DOS the standard operating system for personal computers and skyrocketed Microsoft's growth. In 1984, Microsoft became on of the first established software companies to develop software for the Apple Macintosh. By th...

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... say 'good morning' to lawyer David Boies."(The New York times) Consumer Fraud Allegations: A key issue during the trial is the price of Microsoft's Windows operating system and whether it's unfairly inflated. The Consumer Federation said that Microsoft has grabbed an extra $10 billion during the past three years by overcharging consumers. It threatens a flood of class- ... year, it released a word processing program, Microsoft Word. In 1984 Microsoft was one of the few established software companies that had developed application software for the Macintosh, a personal computer developed ...

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