Linked by David Adams on Tue 23rd Aug 2005 16:37 UTC, submitted by kellym
The antitrust regulator in South Korea will begin a crucial hearing on Tuesday (Monday evening US time) to determine whether Microsoft violated the country's fair trade rules by bundling its instant messenger and Media Player programs into its Windows XP platform. Officials have been reticent about whether the regulator, the Fair Trade Commission, will rule on the case after a closed hearing of two days. The commission held a closed hearing in July to listen to arguments from Microsoft and its local competitors, but it has not clarified how many more hearings it will need before ruling.
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2005-07-06
>"And if IE was never included with Windows, do you think the web would have took off like it did?"
Absolutely. Back in the earlier days of the web, before Microsoft illegally bundled/integrated IE into Windows... web browsers simply came with the CDs used to distribute the ISP's setup software.
>"Microsoft is offering their users CONVENIENCE while still allowing them to use something else if they CHOOSE."
And in the process illegally leveraging their monopoly by extending it into another market. They dominate that market not by having the best product... but by extending their monopoly. Thats bad for the marketplace AND bad for consumers