Guest Phisherman Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 European courts found Microsoft guilty of monopoly abuse and engaging in anticompetitive conduct.
Guest FIsc Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Microsoft gets slapped with a $613,000,000 fine. On 17 sep, 12:19, Phisherman <no...@nobody.com> wrote: > European courts found Microsoft guilty of monopoly abuse and engaging > in anticompetitive conduct. What really happened was the European Court deciding that actual fine for Microsoft being a monopolist in this case was totally in place.
Guest FIsc Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Microsoft gets slapped with a $613,000,000 fine. On 17 sep, 12:29, FIsc <Linda.De.Cos...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 17 sep, 12:19, Phisherman <no...@nobody.com> wrote: > > > European courts found Microsoft guilty of monopoly abuse and engaging > > in anticompetitive conduct. > > What really happened was the European Court deciding that actual fine > for Microsoft being a monopolist in this case was totally in place. Here you will find what it is about: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3563697.stm
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Microsoft gets slapped with a $613,000,000 fine. "FIsc" <Linda.De.Coster@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1190024972.468965.159620@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com... > On 17 sep, 12:19, Phisherman <no...@nobody.com> wrote: >> European courts found Microsoft guilty of monopoly abuse and engaging >> in anticompetitive conduct. > > What really happened was the European Court deciding that actual fine > for Microsoft being a monopolist in this case was totally in place. > Companies don't get fined for being a monopolist. They get fined for engaging in anticompetitive conduct. That's two completely different things!
Guest FIsc Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Microsoft gets slapped with a $613,000,000 fine. On 17 sep, 12:31, FIsc <Linda.De.Cos...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 17 sep, 12:29, FIsc <Linda.De.Cos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 17 sep, 12:19, Phisherman <no...@nobody.com> wrote: > > > > European courts found Microsoft guilty of monopoly abuse and engaging > > > in anticompetitive conduct. > > > What really happened was the European Court deciding that actual fine > > for Microsoft being a monopolist in this case was totally in place. > > Here you will find what it is about: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3563697.stm About the latest, a European Court deciding on the matter: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/17/business/msft.php
Guest FIsc Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Microsoft gets slapped with a $613,000,000 fine. On 17 sep, 12:35, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com> wrote: > "FIsc" <Linda.De.Cos...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1190024972.468965.159620@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com... > > > On 17 sep, 12:19, Phisherman <no...@nobody.com> wrote: > >> European courts found Microsoft guilty of monopoly abuse and engaging > >> in anticompetitive conduct. > > > What really happened was the European Court deciding that actual fine > > for Microsoft being a monopolist in this case was totally in place. > > Companies don't get fined for being a monopolist. They get > fined for engaging in anticompetitive conduct. That's two > completely different things! Fact is "Microsoft has already been forced to pay nearly €1 billion in fines in the nine-year-old legal case, which has pitted the software maker based in Redmond, Washington, against the commission and a host of competitors, including IBM, Sun Microsystems, RealNetworks and Novell." Source= http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/17/business/msft.php?page=1
Guest HeyBub Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Microsoft gets slapped with a $613,000,000 fine. FIsc wrote: >> >> Companies don't get fined for being a monopolist. They get >> fined for engaging in anticompetitive conduct. That's two >> completely different things! > > Fact is "Microsoft has already been forced to pay nearly ?1 billion in > fines in the nine-year-old legal case, which has pitted the software > maker based in Redmond, Washington, against the commission and a host > of competitors, including IBM, Sun Microsystems, RealNetworks and > Novell." Small change. Microsoft has a number of options remaining. Recall that CDC sued IBM (with the help of the Justice Department). That suit dragged on for 14 years. Microsoft could simply BUY RealNetworks and the complaint disappears. MS could pull out of Europe.
Guest FIsc Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Microsoft gets slapped with a $613,000,000 fine. On 17 sep, 14:18, "HeyBub" <hey...@gmail.com> wrote: > FIsc wrote: > > >> Companies don't get fined for being a monopolist. They get > >> fined for engaging in anticompetitive conduct. That's two > >> completely different things! > > > Fact is "Microsoft has already been forced to pay nearly ?1 billion in > > fines in the nine-year-old legal case, which has pitted the software > > maker based in Redmond, Washington, against the commission and a host > > of competitors, including IBM, Sun Microsystems, RealNetworks and > > Novell." > > Small change. > Small chance? Microsoft already paid the $605.6 million fine back in 2004: http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/07/01/techbrief_2.php > Microsoft has a number of options remaining. Recall that CDC sued IBM (with > the help of the Justice Department). That suit dragged on for 14 years. > > Microsoft could simply BUY RealNetworks and the complaint disappears. > > MS could pull out of Europe. Pull out would allow other OS to fill the gap in the market, within a few years the whole MS market would be taken over. Maybe then we would have an OS without all the trouble.
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