__/ [ Linonut ] on Saturday 17 February 2007 17:41 \__
> http://www.technologyevangelist.com/2007/02/microsoft_dirty_tric_4.html
>
> Microsoft dirty tricks, part two (Bob Cringely)
>
> ...
>
> "So the outside vendor was Hewlett-Packard, one of Microsoft's
> hardware OEMs, which is to say Microsoft's bitch.
>
> The tape disappearance was blamed on HP, which accepted the blame,
> and the employees directly involved kept expecting there to be
> repurcussions, especially legal ones. They expected to be deposed by
> Burst lawyers. But it never happened.
>
> This was, for Microsoft, a perfect ending. ..."
France (of the French consumer) has recently sued HP for this.
French consumer protectionists are demanding PCs without preinstalled
software
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| The consumer protectionists of the French organization UFC-Que Choisir
| are demanding of the IT group Hewlett-Packard and the vendors Auchan
| and Darty that they offer PCs without preinstalled software.
|
| [...]
|
| UFC-Que Choisir last year also took action against Sony and Apple,
| taking the two companies to court for allegedly putting their
| customers at a disadvantage through proprietary DRM technologies
| and curtailing their choice of devices.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/82605/from/rss09
Also see:
Jury Hears Microsoft Competition Suit
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| A judge on Friday told jurors they must accept as fact that a
| federal court found in 1999 that Microsoft holds a monopoly over
| computer operating systems and that it restricted computer
| manufacturers' ability to use competing systems.
|
| [...]
|
| She said she'll show that the company used its monopoly power
| to exclude competition and control prices and that it conspired with
| other companies to restrain trade, maintaining what she called a
| chokehold on software competitors and computer manufacturers.
|
| "It isn't illegal to be successful," Conlin said in opening
| remarks. "We applaud that. ... But you can't freeze out competitors
| and punish and retaliate against people who cooperate with
| competitors. Microsoft did all that and more."
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061201/microsoft_trial.html?.v=1
Microsoft, HP expand business alliance
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| A new deal announced Wednesday calls for, among other things, more HP
| workers to be trained to sell Microsoft products.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6143540.html
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