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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.

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

    Only old people sue Microsoft

  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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