The consumer cost of the Microsoft monopoly: $10 billion of overcharges and counting | Linux Today

The consumer cost of the Microsoft monopoly: $10 billion of overcharges and counting

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 9, 1999

Report by the Consumer Federation of America Media Access
Project US Public Interest Research Group, January 1999.

“Microsoft’s pricing strategy is nothing less than a
comprehensive campaign to force millions of consumers to pay high
prices for unneeded capacity. A low priced PC would open the
information age to the 50 percent of households that do not yet
have a PC, but it comes into conflict with Microsoft’s revenue
growth goals.”

This is the report upon which our earlier story, InfoWorld: Study:
Microsoft overcharged users $10 billion
was based.

Complete
report
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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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