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China Says There's No Antitrust Probe On Microsoft

Posted by timothy on from the and-by-under-wraps-we-meant-welcome-to-china dept.

natenovs writes "China's intellectual-property rights enforcer said the government isn't probing Microsoft Corp. for breaching antitrust laws, denying yesterday's report by a state-owned newspaper. 'We are not conducting an anti-monopoly investigation against Microsoft and have no plans to do so,' Yin Xintian, a spokesman and legal director at the State Intellectual Property Office, said by telephone today in Beijing. The newspaper's report is 'completely untrue,' the agency said on its Web site."

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  1. The Antitrust Probe never happened... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    just like the Tiananmen Square never happened.

    1. Re:The Antitrust Probe never happened... by Hal_Porter · · Score: 3, Funny

      Maybe his site is an evil plot by the Chinese government to produce lots of random gibberish in English and make web surfers in the decadent west read it. Sooner or later he by sheer luck he is bound to hit on some English specific Gödel Sentence that causes the evil Americans to have a simultaneous brainstorm. Then China can take over the world.

      I would continue posting, but there's a good documentary I've just finished downloading off conspiracytorrents.net, and I really should watch it.

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    2. Re:The Antitrust Probe never happened... by evilkasper · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yin Xintian also stated "We are but a developing 3rd world country how could we possibly conduct an anti-monopoly investigation?"

  2. In Communist China... by notdotcom.com · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Communist China, antitrust probes you!

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  3. File this under Duh! by pieisgood · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why would china be concerned with Antitrust probes with software companies when China needs them in order to impose there laws on citizens.

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    1. Re:File this under Duh! by Rick+Bentley · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why would china be concerned with Antitrust probes with software companies when China needs them in order to impose there laws on citizens. where laws?
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  4. Floodprot! by Smoke2Joints · · Score: 2, Funny

    jebus almighty, at the time of posting, 60% of posts so far are rated below 1. pick the ball up slashdot, this isnt something awful!

  5. There is no need for a probe. by jd · · Score: 1, Funny

    Microsoft have already been found guilty. However, the e-book containing permissable sentences for the crime cannot be loaded unser Vista at this time. When an upgrade becomes available...

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  6. There's no Microsoft monopoly in China by themushroom · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...because every copy of Windows there is pirated. :)

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  7. Re:Comes to a satisfactory conclusion by BlackCobra43 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thank God we don't have anything like that here in democratic America. Excuse me, I have to go get my...laundry...from the lobbyists.

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