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Microsoft faces Monopoly Lawsuit (again)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the every-couple-years dept.

james_in_denver writes "Forbes magazine is reporting that Microsoft will be sued in California for predatory pricing. This lawsuit appears to differ from earlier challenges to MicroSoft's marketplace dominance by entertaining the possibility of a Class-Action lawsuit. This would allow individual users/licensee's to participate in the lawsuit. A notable quote from the full text states: "It's anticompetitive, it's predatory, and it denies consumers, and in this case taxpayers, the benefits of innovation that a free marketplace should provide,""

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  1. Predatory Pricing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh come on, really, can you really say that just because their OS costs more than most pieces of hardware predatory?

  2. Re:Allow individual users/licensee's to participat by Orgazmus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah. Its always good to have a couple of free, non-refundable, coupons for WinXP Home edition. :\

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  3. Re:california most active/pro OSS ? by Dr.+Evil · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean New Austria?

  4. is free predatory pricing? by mixmasterjake · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is Linux ever going to get sued for predatory pricing? How are you going to compete with free!

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