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A company that has been around for over twenty years that started a revolution that no one thought would ever reach the point it has obtained today. Has in many people’s opinions become a complete monopoly over its market. “The company is Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), one of the most widely held stocks on the planet (Business Week, April 2004).” It seems as though monopoly is another word for leveling the playing field, why is that a person or a company is punished for realizing the greatness of capitalism and harnessing all its freedoms. Microsoft is simply being unfairly criticized and investigated for merely proving the American dream of a free market system. Microsoft is being hard pressed on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean it is currently entangled in a major lawsuit with the European commission. A lawsuit that seems all too familiar to the company, the charges seem uncannily similar to the ones brought against them by the United States a few years ago. CNN found that same uncanny resemblance between the European Commission lawsuit and the United States anti-trust lawsuit. “A number of analysts see similarities between the cases, although U.S. and EU laws differ on what is abuse of a dominant position. The one similarity