China Telecom teams up with Microsoft in Internet search engine market
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| In addition, Microsoft will pay 21 million U.S. dollars to China
| Telecom as a base income.
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| Both parties declined to confirm the report.
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http://english.people.com.cn/200609/21/eng20060921_304999.html
Microsoft does the same thing with Web hosts and OEM's. It pays companies
money in order to artificially increase its marketshare and choke and
outmuscle rivals that are less wealthy or haven't the distribution channels
(e.g. O/S-software prebundling). This is abuse of monopoly power. Also see
today's report on Intel:
AMD's Ruiz: Intel continues to abuse monopoly
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| "Monopolies, at all costs, must protect their market share to protect
| their business models," Ruiz said at a meeting of the Commonwealth Club
| in downtown San Francisco Wednesday evening. AMD alleged in June 2005
| that Intel has used the selective distribution of marketing funds and
| rebates to illegally entice PC companies into excluding AMD from their
| products, a charge Intel has denied.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10791_3-6117924.html?part=rss&tag=6117924&subj=news
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