Monopoly Power: The Market

• licensing of Intel PC operating systems

• available substitutes? None

• MS “dominant, persistent, increasing” share

• 95%; ᢈ% even with Macs

• substantial barrier to effective entry

  • behavior only rational for profit maximizing if
  • knows power; preserving barrier to entry

• share + barrier=“monopoly power”

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