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Microsoft To Fight Korean Verdict

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-man-fighting-the-man dept.

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. "

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  1. Extortion? by jasenj1 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    At what point does extracting money from Microsoft become state sponsored extortion? Is MS really that evil that they are breaking laws all over the world illegally using their defacto monopoly?

    There just seems to be a trend of "let's figure out something to prosecute MS for". I suspect all these countries that go after MS still have MASSIVE installed bases of MS software. Are all these fines just a round about way of getting lower license costs?

    Just a thought.

    - Jasen.

    1. Re:Extortion? by jasenj1 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      But isn't there some limit to the "bundling hurts others" argument? In this case: "Microsoft is appealing against a South Korean ruling that it must unbundle its media player and messaging service from its Windows software system."

      What's next? Fining them for including Paint, Mine Sweeper, NotePad, and the Calculator?

      - Jasen.