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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RE[6]: Can't believe it...
by kellym on Tue 23rd Aug 2005 18:22
in reply to "RE[5]: Can't believe it..."
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>"But where do you draw the line? IM? Browser? Graphics engine? Filesystem? Kernel...? What's part of the "OS", and what's not?"
Well, you have to have a file system and you have to have a kernel. A graphics engine is necessary to as long as they're not typing it to the media player.
>"What does my age have to do with this?"
As I mentioned in my comment, I was eluding to the fact that you're bring up topics that have already been addressed and settled over 5 years ago on both discusson boards, a lower court of law as well as a higher court. If you are a young person, you may not have been following the industry at that time.
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2005-06-29
It differentiates from Microsoft's approach which is a single component supplier of a much larger product.
But where do you draw the line? IM? Browser? Graphics engine? Filesystem? Kernel...? What's part of the "OS", and what's not? Are there some set of universal rules about which apps MS should not include? Who sets those rules?
Thom, judging by your picture, you appear to be a fairly young guy. (Correct me if I'm wrong)
What does my age have to do with this?