The Microsoft MonopolyToday the software market is growing rapidly, despite the numerous controversies surrounding it. Most of this controversy centers on Bill Gates' Microsoft. Some say they run a monopoly. They claim to use their wealth and power to control other software companies by trying to persuade larger companies not to sell their products. They dominate smaller companies by buying them and taking over their products. This has made many people angry at what these people consider a monopoly. At the same time, those who disagree that Microsoft exercises a monopoly might propose that Microsoft is competing fairly. They are only attacking their competitors, not dominating them with wealth and power. Microsoft has the best product available as other competitors lack quality. When someone else produces something better, it will become the most used. As far as I'm concerned, I believe that Microsoft has a monopoly, especially in the software and desktop computer market. It appears to me that these markets are owned and controlled by this giant corporation. They are doing it unfairly, using their wealth to do what they want. Microsoft's monopoly seems to fool many, but word is spreading. Many claim that they are using illegal tactics to monopolize the software market. Rumors like this are percolating like a broken bucket full of water. Many lawsuits have been filed against the power of the software, so one of them contains evidence that Microsoft has violated the rights of its competitors. Deseret News writer Anne Gearan writes an article titled "Will Microsoft's Words Doom It?" Within this article, he explains how Microsoft chief executive Bill Gates discouraged Intel Corporation from shipping a product called NSP (NSP stands for Native Signal Processing). This is a computer language that threatens Microsoft's. Gearan says: "Bill Gates had a three-hour dinner with the head of Intel Corp. On July 7, 1995, Gates told a Microsoft executive 'the main problem between us (Microsoft and Intel) right now is NSP. We're trying to basically convince them not to ship NSP." Bill Gates has unintentionally said too much. In his bid to stop Intel from distributing NSPs, Gates causes Microsoft to lose the case. Regarding the court case, Gearan says: "The government found Microsoft guilty of using its money and influence to intimidate computer manufacturers.