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Microsoft Faces Korean Deadline

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the play-nice-with-the-neighbors dept.

nmccart wrote to mention an article on the Yahoo! news service stating that South Korea has leveled a deadline at Microsoft. The deadline is the newest addition to that country's anti-trust ruling against the OS maker."South Korea's antitrust regulator has given Microsoft Corp. the deadline of Aug. 24 to comply with a landmark ruling ordering the world's largest software maker to unbundle some of its products from its Windows computer operating system and pay fines. On Friday afternoon, the Fair Trade Commission said it has sent documents on the punitive sanctions to Microsoft, which was ruled last December to have violated the nation's fair trade laws by tieing its instant messenger, audio, and video software to Windows. The commission also confirmed its order that Microsoft pay 32.4 billion won (US$33.5 million) in the December ruling on the U.S. software giant's unfair business practices."

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  1. You must be new here. by DavidHOzAu · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    BTW, You forgot Poland.
    In South Korea, only old people sue Microsoft... except in Nebraska!
    IN DEMOCRATIC KOREA, government sue YOU!
    I for one welcome our new Microsoft sueing overlords.... in Japan!^H^H^H^H^H^HSouth Korea!
    In other news, it's raining chairs at Redmond.

    1) Sue Microsoft
    2) ???
    3) Profit!

    Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

  2. WAY OT, but still ... nah, just ot by drachenstern · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    has anyone else noticed ZONK seems to be the only person posting stories for the past 18 hours?

    questions, comments, did i miss something? or is my browser going lulu on me?

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