Feds Side With Microsoft in Korea Flap
 

The Bush administration on Wednesday protested South Korea's
decision to fine Microsoft roughly $32 million and order the software
company to redesign portions of its Windows operating system.





"Korea's remedy goes beyond what is necessary or appropriate to protect
consumers, as it requires the removal of products that consumers may
prefer," J. Bruce McDonald, deputy assistant attorney general at the
Justice Department's antitrust division, said in a statement.
The Korea Fair Trade Commission ruled that Microsoft violated South Korean law
by bundling its Windows Media Service with the Windows Server operating
system, as well as its media player and instant-messaging program with
Windows. Microsoft will have to facilitate downloads of third-party
media software and stop selling in Korea a version of its server
software with Windows Media Services.

News source: C|Net News.com

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