Microsoft vows to fight South Korean antitrust decision
Microsoft Corp. vowed Friday to appeal a decision by South Korea’s antitrust regulators concluding the U.S. company had abused its market dominance and ordering it to offer alternative versions of Windows. The fine against Microsoft is only $33.6 million, but I guess that is still a large chunk of change to hand over.
Earlier Friday, the Korea Fair Trade Commission released its report formalizing its preliminary ruling against Microsoft late last year. The commission had ruled that Microsoft’s practice of tying certain software to its flagship Windows operating systems was an abuse of its dominant position in the market. It ordered Microsoft to provide two separate versions of Windows: one stripped of the Windows Media Player and Windows Messenger, and the other carrying links to Web pages that allow consumers to download competing versions of such software.
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