In 2000, Microsoft was fined $2.7 billion for Multiple Choice deliberately pricing Windows 95 and 98 below marginal cost to monopolize the market for operating systems for personal computers. conspiring with Netscape and Sun to monopolize the market for Internet browsers. monopolizing the market for word processing software. using anticompetitive means to promote its Internet Explorer web browser.

In 2000, Microsoft was fined $2.7 billion for Multiple Choice deliberately pricing Windows 95 and 98 below marginal cost to monopolize the market for operating systems for personal computers. conspiring with Netscape and Sun to monopolize the market for Internet browsers. monopolizing the market for word processing software. using anticompetitive means to promote its Internet Explorer web browser.

Principles of Economics, 7th Edition (MindTap Course List)

7th Edition

ISBN:9781285165875

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter16: Monopolistic Competition

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