Microsoft Settles Korean Antitrust Case

Channy writes Microsoft announced on last Friday that it had reached a settlement with South Korean Internet portal Daum in antitrust case of IM bundling. Daum had complained to the South Korean Fair Trade Commission in 2001, accusing Microsoft of breaking the law by tying its instant messaging software to Windows. A lawsuit on the same grounds was filed in 2004. By the settlement, Microsoft will pay Daum $30 million, including $10 million in cash. In return, Daum would drop its lawsuit. Before this decision, Microsoft has threatened to withdraw its Windows software from South Korea if the country's antitrust agency orders it to unbundle its instant-messaging and media player software from the operating system. Despite this settlement, KFTC announced plans to continue investigation of this case and conclude the final decision within this year."

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Re:This should drive China to Linux

[jurt1235]

Well, if China uses legal licenses only, than with a retreat of Microsoft out of China, or the Chinese goverment forbidding China to use Microsoft software, the number of people using Linux could jump with 20 to 30 mln in a year time, and after several years, the remaining linux howtos will only be understandable when you are able to read Chinese.