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South Korea Fines Microsoft $32 Million

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-it-is-the-fashionable-thing-to-do dept.

laffer1 writes "South Korea has fined Microsoft $32 million and ordered two new versions of Windows be made. The first version will be stripped of Windows Media Player and MSN IM software and the second must include links to competitors."

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  1. Microsoft's Reply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's $40 million. Keep the change.

    1. Re:Microsoft's Reply by bringmewater · · Score: 2, Funny

      hahahaha, and we'll throw in a free order of intel cpus

    2. Re:Microsoft's Reply by sgant · · Score: 2, Funny

      Are you kidding? Bill Gates did a Frank Sinatra and just took a big wad of cash from his pocket and stripped off 32 million and an extra $50 and said "and here kid, get yourself a haircut".

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    3. Re:Microsoft's Reply by tehshen · · Score: 2, Funny

      ...to bring it down to the $32 million?

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    4. Re:Microsoft's Reply by odourpreventer · · Score: 3, Funny

      I can't help reading this as:

      SK Government Official: Sir, the budget for 2006 is set, but we're missing $32M.
      Higher ranking SKGO: [Thinks hard] What about suing Micro$oft?
      SKGO: Good call sir, I'll get right on to it.

      It's stupid, I know. I'll shut up now.

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    5. Re:Microsoft's Reply by flosofl · · Score: 2, Funny

      "and here kid, get yourself a haircut".

      No, that would be in the case of North Korea...

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  2. 32 million? by BAILOPAN · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder if Microsoft will be able to pay this...

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  3. In Korea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only old people sue Microsoft

  4. Re:Whats the real issue? by dorkygeek · · Score: 5, Funny
    Is it because their IM was tied to windows...

    No, simply the government wants to get young people to use email again.

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    Windows is like decaf - it tastes like the real thing, but it won't get you through the day.
  5. Sounds like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...the Koreans are getting a happy ending for a change.

  6. Getting your slice of the MS pie by digitaldc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone want to join me in a lawsuit? I own an island off the coast of Tasmania and I am really tired of having to look at Windows Messenger and Media Player every time I turn on my PC. I think I will iniate a lawsuit and win. Just look at it as payment for all the innovation and competition that Microsoft has stifled in the programming world.

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  7. Starcraft instead.. by onion2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they'd bundled Starcraft instead of Messenger/Media Player there wouldn't be any problem.

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  8. Re:The eternal what if...... by Unipuma · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine a version of Windows where you could actually uninstall messenger, internet explorer, windows media player... or better still, choose not to install it in the first place through a (*gasp*) instalation dialog.
    Actually, you used to have the option to not install messenger, IE and the media player. Until someone somewhere decided it was an 'essential part' of the OS. (Whoops, did that happen at the same time they got competition in that area?)
    Then again, what serious server OS wouldn't install pinball by default and demand a GUI to work.

    Nothing wrong with bundling, but giving your customers the ability to -not- install a piece of software would be nice.

  9. Re:The eternal what if...... by Prophet+of+Nixon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Any ISP that offers me a disc containing Real Player gets their office burnt down.

  10. Imagine by quokkapox · · Score: 5, Funny
    Imagine a world where people did not inevitably resort to car analogies when trying to make a point about computers.

    Over the weekend I parked my car next to a shady-looking minivan at the supermarket. I thought I locked the door, but ever since it's been driving itself around constantly, flyering windshields across the neighborhood with V14GRA ads and DDOS-ing the handicapped spaces...

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  11. Windows? What's Windows? by Shazow · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh shit, you mean to tell me that there was an alternative to Unix this whole time?!

    Omg omg, where do I go about getting this Windows thing of yours?

    [/joke] :D

    - shazow