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Japanese Government Raids Microsoft Offices
Nakito writes "According to an article at the financial news site Bloomberg, Microsoft's Tokyo office was raided by Japan's Fair Trade Commission, which is investigating whether the world's largest software maker violated the country's anti-monopoly law." Other readers note a AP/Yahoo story claiming: "A commission official, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said Microsoft Japan is suspected of attaching improper restrictive conditions when signing software deals with Japanese personal computer manufacturers, such as requiring that Japanese companies allow infringement of their patents."
Officer: All your source are belong to us.
Sorry, had to be said.
Microsoft was supposed to 'break up' several years ago, to comply with the court decision. I have only seen one thing come out of that, there needs to be more. Microsoft needs to get off their asses and finally do something to comply with the anti-monopoly laws. They already have market saturation and noone in their right mind will go against them, but now with the japanise, something might happen. When it finally does, it will be long overdue.