Hungary Officials Raid Microsoft Office

Steve writes "Hungarian government officers raided the offices of a Microsoft subsidiary this week, as part of a probe into the company's relationship with large software distributors. From the article: 'According to the statement, Microsoft used sales conditions and offered software distributors incentives - described as loyalty discounts - so they wouldn't offer clients anything but Microsoft Office products. Such behavior could lead to the exclusion of competitive products from the market and violate European Union rules, according to the authority known as the GVH.'"

Comments

Re:Same Old Microsoft

[Actually, I do RTFA]

Doesn't Bill Gates have enough money?

Actually, no, not anymore. Carlos Slim has more, and that cannot stand.

Re:What?

[jeffasselin]

Euh Monopoly 100% market. Microsoft does have a monopoly on the operating system market, and has used it illegally. That was clear from the US trial and has been declared such by the EU officials in charge of this matter.

And this may be regular business for other companies, but although monopolies aren't illegal per se, they face specific legal restrictions as to their business practices. Such as these, which Microsoft is barred from doing.