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[News] [Rival] Victim of Microsoft's Anti-competitive Abuse Drops Profit

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Victim of Microsoft's Anti-competitive Abuse Drops Profit
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:06:24 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
RealNetworks profit falls, lifts outlook

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| In the year-ago quarter, the company benefited from the proceeds of a $57.9 
| million settlement of litigation against Microsoft and commercial agreements 
| with the world's largest software maker.  
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN3125261020070731?rpc=44

Microsoft illegally eliminated rival and pays settlement money to escape guilt.
It's a pattern which is akin to buying support or paying companies to exit and
subvert the market (Linspire, Xandros, ODF, Novell, Zend, Xen).

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