Does Microsoft Have Too Much Power?

Title	Does Microsoft Have Too Much Power?
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Does Microsoft Have Too Much Power?

Does Microsoft Have Too Much Power?

     Initially, there is nothing. Then, there is Bill Gates the founder of
Microsoft. Once a young, eager teenager running a small business of other
teenagers, now the richest man in the world controlling an operating system
practically every IBM compatible computer in the world uses. Computers are not
the only thing that Microsoft desires.  Now, they wish to influence the Internet.
With all the opportunities that it offers, many companies race to develop
software to get people and businesses on the Internet. Many dislike the power
Microsoft has come to possess and might gain more of, but is there anything
anybody can do? IBM has taken on the leader of software with an innovative new
operating system known as OS/2, but will they have a chance? Microsoft may be
unstoppable with its foundation, influence and power but is that enough to
practically own the computerized world as we know it?

     Usually, when we mention Microsoft in any form, we must have the
registered trademark symbol right  the word. The name is a well-known word in
virtually everyone's life. Although it is the super-empire it is today,
Microsoft was once a small software business ran by a young Bill Gates in a tiny
office. Consisting of a few young adults, they were not progressing as much as
they would like too. Their competitor, Digital Research, created the first
operating system, known as the CP/M-86 system. Though,  not glamorized, CP/M did
exist.  Their competitors had it a little worse, working out of their not so
tidy two story house, made up of a husband and wife. The massive change occurred
when a couple of IBM representatives showed up at the door of the CP/M founders
only to be turned away. Very rare to happen, since IBM was so highly respected
by programmers at the time. IBM is introduced to a young man named Bill Gates,
mistaken for an office helper but later strikes a serious offer for Microsoft
products. The one program that was unavailable at the time would be an operating
system soon to be called QDOS, a raw form of the Disk Operating System we know
today. When called upon by IBM, Bill Gates discovers that a man had created an
operating system to be pre-installed with the new IBM, scheduled to be released
in 1981. The operating system would be similar to the CP/M-86 system created by
Digital Research. The deal will make Bill Gates the wealthiest man in the United
States, with an estimated worth of over thirteen billion dollars. Today, The
Microsoft Cooperation is the worlds most lucrative software empire and yet still
has dreams for the future.

     Computers today are very popular among homeowners, businesses and
schools. Microsoft began to suffice to the population by creating user-friendly
programs such as the ever popular Windows. This graphical interface served as a
bridge to the computer illiterate and then beg...This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Electronic References. Please register below now!

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