Europe :- Microsoft was fined $612 million and ordered to come up with a version of Windows that doesn't include its media player under a penalty in Europe for monopolist trade practices.
USA :- Microsoft Pays IBM $775 Million to Settle Antitrust Claims. This is for the discriminatory pricing and overcharge claims that were highlighted in the findings in the U.S. antitrust case.
South Korea :- South Korea's antitrust watchdog fined Microsoft Corp. $32 million for alleged unfair business practices and ordered it to take corrective measures such as separating certain software from Windows and selling the software of competitors along with it.
"The Korea Fair Trade Commission found such tying practices liable because they constitute abuse of market dominant position and unfair trade practices under monopoly regulations and the Fair Trade Act," Kang Chul-kyu, the commission's chairman, told reporters.
World over Microsoft has been abusing its size and power to commit fraud (read : Unfair trade practice as mentioned) in its business. They undertake to seek as many new possible ways and means of conducting unethical business. The world over nations have declared Microsoft as bad business company.
Today, 08/12/2005 we see Bill Gates shaking hands with Indian Ministers and declaring USD 1.7 Billion investment in India during the next 4 years including some bit of donations to health programs. Lot of Applause from both the rulers and the media glorifying his action.
Little do they realise, that the said investment is by way of his own software including Operating systems, office suites, and others that don't cost anything to make a million copies. The so called investment is only notional and does not incur any real expenditure but for the copying charges.
Secondly Gates has fully understood the cheap source of manpower for writing his programmes is only from India in the future. He is planning to educate indians so that they will be useful to his company later. So Selfish as that.
More to come.
Dhakshina Moorthy, K M
USA :- Microsoft Pays IBM $775 Million to Settle Antitrust Claims. This is for the discriminatory pricing and overcharge claims that were highlighted in the findings in the U.S. antitrust case.
South Korea :- South Korea's antitrust watchdog fined Microsoft Corp. $32 million for alleged unfair business practices and ordered it to take corrective measures such as separating certain software from Windows and selling the software of competitors along with it.
"The Korea Fair Trade Commission found such tying practices liable because they constitute abuse of market dominant position and unfair trade practices under monopoly regulations and the Fair Trade Act," Kang Chul-kyu, the commission's chairman, told reporters.
World over Microsoft has been abusing its size and power to commit fraud (read : Unfair trade practice as mentioned) in its business. They undertake to seek as many new possible ways and means of conducting unethical business. The world over nations have declared Microsoft as bad business company.
Today, 08/12/2005 we see Bill Gates shaking hands with Indian Ministers and declaring USD 1.7 Billion investment in India during the next 4 years including some bit of donations to health programs. Lot of Applause from both the rulers and the media glorifying his action.
Little do they realise, that the said investment is by way of his own software including Operating systems, office suites, and others that don't cost anything to make a million copies. The so called investment is only notional and does not incur any real expenditure but for the copying charges.
Secondly Gates has fully understood the cheap source of manpower for writing his programmes is only from India in the future. He is planning to educate indians so that they will be useful to his company later. So Selfish as that.
More to come.
Dhakshina Moorthy, K M
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