An inconvenient truth: there is no level playing field
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| That sounds paternalistic or monopolistic, or both, but it simply
| acknowledges Telstra's unique and powerful position in the Australian
| telecoms landscape.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13786&Itemid=1096
Why the FTC Should Care About Global Competition
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| First, let's address a misconception. Just because an agency is 'Federal"
| doesn't mean that it cannot - or should not - take international commerce
| into account when going about their business.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070730/42821_id.html?.v=1
Europe's Tough Case Against Intel
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| EU officials may prove the chipmaker's alleged unfair practices affected
| rival AMD, but they may have a harder time showing they hurt consumers
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http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2007/gb20070727_737558.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
AMD gains back some share, but still down
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| Overall, shipments increased by 12.2 percent compared with the first quarter,
| and by 15.2 percent compared with last year's second quarter.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9752118-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Related:
Microsoft Shuts Down Linux 10 Years Ago Says Iowa Attorne
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| Going back now to as early as 1998, Microsoft starts to realize that
| Linux might pose a possible threat, and Vinod Valloppillil, who is
| a program manager at Microsoft, is asked by Mr. Allchin, Jim Allchin,
| to analyze potential strategies for combatting open-source software,
| and specifically Linux.
| His memos are leaked to the press in April -- I beg your pardon --
| in October of 1998 and become known as the Halloween documents.
| And the evidence will be that Microsoft uses its influence in the
| OEM channel, the computer manufacture channel, to make sure that
| end users have a difficult time buying PCs with Linux preinstalled.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/News/RoundUp/Microsoft_Shuts_Down_Linux_10_Years_Ago_Says_Iowa_Attorney
Microsoft's Dirty OEM-Secret
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| They are, in short the secret to Microsoft's success. And the word
| secret is to be taken quite literally: No OEM may talk about the
| contents of his contract, or he will lose his license, and (assumption)
| likely be sued for breach of contract as well.
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http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/10/23/13219/110
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.
|
| [...]
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| 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.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061201/microsoft_trial.html?.v=1
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