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Russia Launches Anti-trust Probe of Microsoft
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Russia's state anti-monopoly service said on Thursday it had launched a probe of Microsoft over cutbacks in supplies of its Windows XP operating system in Russia.
The agency said it thought Microsoft had violated antimonopoly legislation by cutting delivery of Windows XP operating system to Russia both separately and pre-installed on personal computers, as well as in its pricing policy on the product.
It said it would consider the case on July 24, 2009."
In Soviet Russia, Microsoft probes YOU!
... in Russia, Microsoft would launch the probe! /Slashdot has been lying to me....
The Russian state anti-monopoly service is itself a monopoly.
And you cant bring the Parker Brothers game into Russia for fear it might contact the anti-monopoly service, creating a huge explosion.
Talk about Goliath versus Goliath. The successful monopolist versus... the slightly less successful monopolist who can rewrite its own legal system. Time to invest in popcorn.
weirdest thing I ever saw: scientology advertising on slashdot.
we probe you!
A picture is worth exactly 1024 words.
The word comes out like this: "ÑмÐÐоÑÑÑOE"
It translates it to Swedish?
(Too bad Slashdot will inevitably mess up any attempt at a foreign language. The word comes out like this: "ÑмÐÐоÑÑÑOE")
Based on the timescale of the CSS conversion, we should be looking forward to UTF8 support before 2020. Hopefully, the classic (AKA "working") comments system will be restored as default by then also.
When I read TFA I nearly had a heart attack, as NYCL posted something which has nothing to do with the media industry!
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If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?
"In any case, the claims are bogus, almost everybody on Earth runs pirated software."
Fixed that for you ;-)
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K
So in Russia it's illegal for a company to sell a 10 year old product, even though that product will be 2 versions old this year? If we could make legal demands to sell retired products I'd still be eating Ninja Turtle cereal [flickr.com] today.
What, Fruity pebbles isn't good enough for you? What are you, a communist?
"All great wisdom is contained in .signature files"
NYCL posted something which has nothing to do with the media
Huh? Microsoft products are delivered via media just as much as Sony's (for example) are. Even if you were using "media" as a weird synonym for "entertainment" (or "culture") it would seem to be as much applicable to Microsoft as to the companies NYCL usually takes an interest in. In fact even if you meant to say "music industry", Microsoft would be more than tangentially involved.
Nah. My interest in this one is just a sporting one. Microsoft v. Russia? You gotta love that one.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
We're corrupting him! The poor fellow...
Absolutely. As soon as I saw the headline -- "Russia Launches Anti-trust Probe of Microsoft" -- the first thing that came into my mind was that this was a perfect story for Slashdot.
The only thing missing was a subhead: "Software Giant Accused of Cheating Natalie Portman".
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
In the red corner, weighing in at 190 lbs, Prime Minister, former President, and Leningrad's Own Senior Judo Champion Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin!
In the blue corner, weighing in at 240 lbs, Steve Ballmer, CEO and Chair Thrower, looking radiant in his Polonium-laced wrestling gear!
Two men enter the ring, only one leaves alive!