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:Microsoft raids Hungarian government offices...

[realdodgeman]

If this had really happened, it would be another god reason to not live on the wrong side of the pond.

Re:What?

[Frosty Piss]

Microsoft uses its monopoly to block others? What is going on here?

First, Microsoft does not have a monopoly on OS or any other application. Unless Open Offeice and Linux are just figments of imagination.

Second, generally most companies, not just Microsoft, reward sales people for exclusive representation. Business as usual.