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China Launches Antitrust probe vs Microsoft |
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"China has launched an investigation into whether Microsoft unfairly dominates its software market, according to a state media report. A working committee of China's State Intellectual Property Office is investigating whether Microsoft engaged in discriminatory pricing and will will also look at Microsoft's practice of bundling other software programs within its Windows operating system, according to the report.
The probe is part of a greater sweep of operating systems and other software developed by multinational companies that cost much more in China than in the U.S. "On the one hand, global software firms, taking advantage of their monopoly position, set unreasonably high prices for genuine software while on the other hand, they criticise Chinese for poor copyright awareness. This is abnormal," a source said." |
