China Launches Antitrust Probe Vs. Microsoft

snydeq writes "China has launched an investigation into whether Microsoft unfairly dominates its software market, according to a state media report. A working committee of China's State Intellectual Property Office is investigating whether Microsoft engaged in discriminatory pricing and will also look at Microsoft's practice of bundling other software programs within its Windows operating system, according to the report. The probe is part of a greater sweep of operating systems and other software developed by multinational companies that cost much more in China than in the U.S. 'On the one hand, global software firms, taking advantage of their monopoly position, set unreasonably high prices for genuine software while on the other hand, they criticise Chinese for poor copyright awareness. This is abnormal,' a source said."

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and in the US, it's the other way around...

[mkcmkc]

Their economic system is a free-market capitalism, with elements of fascism That sounds pretty fucking familiar.

A Good Assessment

[Anonymous Coward]

Just below at the bottom is an excellent assessment from another poster is spot on and do you actually believe that the mindset here does not contribute to this situation.

Lets see if your a slashtard your totally in favor of "file sharing" .........if your a slashtard your totally anti-microsoft despite any good they have contributed to the industry or to the american economy .........if your a slashtard your a die hard FOSS proponent despite the fact that you cant build an economy on "free", unless your China of course where "free" means profiting on others property and is a viable economic strategy .........if your a slashtard your a total left wing liberal dipshit who consistently supports the drum of veiled anti-americanism coming from the EU, Russia, Asia, the UN. Opec etc and all you have to do is look around. Look at the lititgation against american corporations, look at the media slant in other countries, look at the piracy of american intellectual property and trade barriers for American goods. Look at the Cartels, Regimes, Premier's, Feifidoms, Union of Socialist Marxists all focused on destroy the United States and why.

      Because we unlike those miserable places are reaping the benefits of our way of life while they are as miserable as the day they were born and do not realize, they not us are their own worst enemy.

So they lash out and Blame Bush aka Americans when they are to blame

Take a good look you fucking idiots, you are witnessing American decline and you can be proud to tell your retarded grandchildren, you were a part of it all and this latest news from China is just the latest crop to be reaped from what you have sown.

The original post-

Just another step in China's eventual bludgeoning of the American economy. First you openned the door to trade with them. Now they outproduce you, and now they seek to sue your comapnies for wrong dealings while undercutting your prices and pirating the hell out of your goods. A lot of good people saw this coming, and now we just sit back and watch the sad dance play out to its bitter end.
US trades with China.
China outproduces USA on material items.
USA moves to Intellectual Property.
China ignores IP laws except where it suits them to make money.
US economy collapses
China is new global superpower.