Danielle WoodsA Comparison Between Microsoft and the Rail MonopolyMicrosoft and the Rail Monopoly have no bearing on most people, but these two companies actually share some similarities. The similarities I will describe are how they started small and then expanded, how both of these companies revolutionized the industry they operate in, and how the technology they introduced became a necessity. Two friends named Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in Albuquerque. They started with a small company and have grown into an empire employing 100,932 people (as of December 2013). Before Microsoft there was Traf-O-Data, which tracked traffic data, which was revolutionary at the time. Microsoft is now a multi-billion dollar company and is a household name. Microsoft has now expanded to sell many different and successful products. Some of their very popular products include Skype, Xbox, the Surface tablet, and Bing. Microsoft has revenues of $1.5 billion. Even though Microsoft already had a dominant position in the market...