ece to pass. It served to place a check on a trend toward consolidation. Any actions that lessen competition substantially or tend to create a monopoly situation are prohibited by the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914). The Federal Trade Commission was also created at that time to support conditions that lead to competition (Government regulation of monopolies..., 1999, online).
In order to truly understand the arguments presented in this case and make a reasonable determination of their validity, it is first necessary to know the meaning of monopoly. Webster's dictionary provides a straightforward non-technical definition of monopoly as "exclusive control of a commodity or service in a given market, or control that makes possible the fixing of prices" (Microsoft the monopoly, 1999, online). Specifically, Microsoft has been accused of vi
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