Policy Analysis MICROSOFT AND THE BROWSER WARS Fit to Be

Back from the brink: Microsoft and the strategic use of standards in the Browser Wars

sePlugin: Towards Transparently Secure Plugins in Your Internet Explorers

To support a variety of web applications with diverse contents such as video and audio, plugins have been widely adopted to extend the functionality of existing web browsers. Although instrumental for developing web applications efficiently, the open mechanism of plugins poses tremendous threats to browser security. While a plethora of approaches have been proposed to improve the overall securi...

Toward a Quantification of the Effects of Microsoft’s Conduct

Microsoft stands accused of an illegal defense of its dominant position in the desktop operatingsystem market. According to the charge, exclusionary contracts and predatory conduct dealing primarily with the Internet browser prevented the browser from evolving into a rival for Microsoft’s operating system, Windows. Earlier, the government negotiated a consent decree with Microsoft limiting excl...

Purchasing Inventory Models for Deteriorating Items with Linear Demand and Shortages - in Third Order Equation

In this paper, an purchasing inventory model for deteriorating items is developed with a linear, positive trend in demand, allowing inventory shortages and backlogging. It is assumed that the goods in the inventory deteriorate over time at a constant rate . Two models are developed for two operational policies. The first policy covers the case that the inventory model with linear demand for det...

Battle for Dominance in the Word-Processing Software Market in Korea - How and Why Microsoft tipped the Market as an Entrant? Is it by Chance?

Competition for dominance in the software market is crucial. Conventional economic theories suggest that those who enter the market first will be able to capture the market. Indeed, the first-mover will benefit because consumers will purchase from the first-mover since there is no other available option. This will allow the first-mover to expand the market to reach the tipping point with little...