Microsoft To Fight Korean Verdict

DocHart wrote to mention a BBC article covering Microsoft's appeal against their recent Korean ruling. From the article: "The KFTC continued to investigate Microsoft's practices, despite the firm paying Daum $30m in November to end their dispute. The ruling of the KFTC echoes a similar 2004 judgement by the European Commission, which also found that Microsoft was abusing its market domination. Microsoft's rivals have since accused the firm of dragging its feet over unbundling its software in Europe, something Microsoft denies. "

Comments

Re:would someone explain to me

[Fanboy Troy]

Because the unbundling can't be done. Believe it or not, some people actually exclude some of their users, relying on the point that microsoft bundled products are on 90% of all systems world wide. same with wmp. This lets microsoft leverage its monopoly to gain market share in other fields like media. Simply anti-competetive.

Re:Extortion?

[Roy Ward]

Is MS really that evil that they are breaking laws all over the world illegally using their defacto monopoly?

Yes. In many places (including the USA), a monopoly has extra rules it must follow to avoid abusing it's position.

Re:It's called a penalty

[Anonymous Coward]

it's a fine, not a penalty.

Local councils in the UK are trying to tip-toe around the use of the word fine and trying to convince people that parking fines are 'fixed penalty notices' thereby avoiding that trifling bother of having to get a conviction in a court of law before demanding money from people as punishment for their supposed wrongdoings.

Don't jumble your words up. A 'penalty' is just a flowery word for a fine.

Don't let fines become pretty, flowery, everyday things.