-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Microsoft hit with €9m fine over German pricing
,----[ Quote ]
| The German competition authority, the BundesKartellamt, has fined Microsoft
| €9m for colluding with retailers to set the price of "Office Home and Student
| 2007".
`----
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/04/08/mmicrosoft_competition_fine/
German gov't fines Microsoft for 'influencing' Office resale prices
http://www.betanews.com/article/German-govt-fines-Microsoft-for-influencing-Office-resale-prices/1239206434
Bundeskartellamt verhängt Millionen-Bußgeld gegen Microsoft [Update]
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Bundeskartellamt-verhaengt-Millionen-Bussgeld-gegen-Microsoft-Update--/meldung/135953
Still a bunch of criminals. The authorities should take a look at EDGI and
the 'OEM re commands' scam.
Related:
Crimes Microsoft Gets Away With - So Far
,----[ Quote ]
| News publications are cautious about making accusations, and because of that,
| some nasty acts of Microsoft are essentially being erased from the record.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft convinced Baystar Capital to put $50 Million dollars into SCO's
| lawsuit against IBM and other Open Source users, and promised to "backstop"
| Baystar's investment if SCO lost money, according to this sworn testimony.
| But I'm told that one person's testimony, even sworn testimony, isn't proof.
`----
http://technocrat.net/no-cache/d/2008/7/30/46981
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAkndJDsACgkQU4xAY3RXLo7kTQCdEhexhLhKuOF4bo9EmIZJ54BC
vmIAn3frq7SHhnF6yxLdp0ejymfyYfyT
=TcLQ
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
|
|
