At this time, Microsoft is being sued by relevant institutions in South Korea, island countries, the European Union, and the United States and other countries, and the charges are all monopoly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past, Microsoft was accused of monopoly, which was to bundle IE, but now, it is to bundle MSN and video playback software, this phenomenon is not only in China. Microsoft does this all over the world.

When IE was bundled, Microsoft's justification was that users needed a browser, and they just provided it for free. If the user doesn't like it, they can do not.

But in Microsoft's system, IE cannot be uninstalled, nor can it be completely deleted, so Microsoft is not recognized because of this defense.

As early as '97, Microsoft was sued in the United States for this, and as a result, Microsoft agreed to pay more than $1 billion in vouchers in exchange for users' forgiveness.

If the vouchers are not collected by users, most of them are donated to public schools, which must use half of the vouchers to purchase Microsoft products.

To put it bluntly, Microsoft ostensibly lost the lawsuit, but it consolidated its monopoly position. Loyalty to Microsoft products has even begun to be cultivated from a baby.

This verdict was opposed by companies such as Fruit, and a number of states in the United States said that they did not recognize the verdict and would continue to sue.

And this year, the European Union once again went to court with Microsoft on the monopoly issue, and the five-year-long negotiations between the two sides broke down, but in these five years, Microsoft has taken control of the market.

Litigation is not terrible for Microsoft, not only will it keep the media attention and headlines in various media outlets, but it will also delay the time for Microsoft to continue selling software the way they do.

As for the possibility of a fine in the end, what is that? How much is the fine compared to the profit they get? Even if the fine is temporarily higher than their profits in IE and other software, it will squeeze out other competitors and increase the market share of their software, and the money will be earned back in two or three years.

Relying on bundled sales, Microsoft has rapidly expanded its market share in the world's IT-developed countries, which has also caused dissatisfaction in many countries.

The EU first rejected Microsoft's invitation to negotiate again, and instead directly ruled that Microsoft's monopoly was established, and imposed a huge fine of about 500 million euros, equivalent to about 670 million US dollars.

At the same time, Microsoft was ordered to divest the software bundled in the Windows operating system, and required Microsoft to disclose part of the source code of Microsoft's related software to competitors, including office software.

Microsoft appealed, but it was dismissed.

If it weren't for this, the source code of some office software would have been exposed, and Microsoft's activation code generator would not have been updated so quickly out of the universal version.

Seeing the victory of the European Union, South Korea, island countries and other countries have also begun to sue Microsoft for monopoly, and the United States has also restarted the monopoly accusation against Microsoft.

At this time, Huaxia, the market that Microsoft attaches the most importance to, has not been silent.

The draft of Huaxia's anti-monopoly law has just been promulgated, and there has been no relevant law before, so naturally there is no way to pursue accountability. Another Huaxia has not paid enough attention to this aspect, and has never thought of suing foreign companies.

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"What do you say, let's sue Microsoft for a monopoly?" Committee member Bao was shocked.

"Yes, you can be fined, look at the news from the European Union, the fine is nearly 500 million euros. If we calculate by population, we can also fine 500 million euros, and if we calculate by sales, we will not be too low, at most tens of millions of euros. Feng Yu tempted.

"How much? Can there be at least tens of millions of euros? But it's not good, Microsoft just invested a billion dollars in our Huaxia. Commissioner Bao was a little hesitant.

Doesn't that seem a bit unkind? Someone else just came to invest, and you turned around and were fined, but you didn't do that.

"Commissioner Bao, investment is investment, and breaking the law is breaking the law, is it because he invested, and we won't deal with the crime? And don't you think that taking Microsoft as a knife makes it easier for those foreign companies to understand that Huaxia is not a place where they can act recklessly? ”

"Besides, South Korea and island countries are suing Microsoft, why can't we sue? Even the United States, where Microsoft is located, is suing them. ”

"Huh? The United States also sued Microsoft? Isn't Microsoft from the United States? Commissioner Bao felt a little lost.

Just like Huaxia's Lianxiang Yinshan, it is too late for Huaxia's political axe to support, how can it be sued?

"Microsoft is not the only software company in the United States, there are fruits, IBM and so on, but Microsoft is indeed the strongest in the Windows operating system. What do you think, the United States itself has been punished, what are we polite? If neighboring South Korea and island countries are sued, and even the CIS countries are sued, and we don't, then what will happen? ”

"When the time comes, the Internet will say that our Huaxia political axe is too weak, not as good as an island country or something. By the way, I helped find a lawyer, and some time ago, CCTV sued those companies with false advertisements, and he helped win the war. ”

"Mr. Feng, you tell me the truth, sue Microsoft, why are you so active? Is it because you're a competitor to Microsoft? Commissioner Bao squinted at Feng Yu.

"If you say that, then there's no need to talk. Sue Microsoft or not, we're all competitors. And Microsoft was fined, and we didn't get a dime. Besides, although Lianxiang Yinshan has shares in our company, it is not much, and Lianxiang Yinshan's profitability is ranked in the middle and lower among my subsidiaries. ”

Feng Yu put on a look of being hit and continued: "I am thinking about the country. You see, Microsoft suddenly acquired most of the domestic software companies, clearly to dominate the market. And some foreign software companies have also taken the opportunity to acquire a batch, our domestic software market, isn't it going to be controlled by them? ”

"Microsoft's branch in Huaxia is second only to the head office of the United States, which shows their importance to the Chinese market. And because Microsoft was accused of monopoly, they have paid a lot of fees, most of which are out-of-court settlements. However, in our Huaxia, we must not reconcile, and we must show our anti-monopoly attitude! ”

Commissioner Bao rolled his eyes, this Feng Yu still taught me how to do things? Everything is not yet a matter of the law.

"Are you sure we can win?" It would be embarrassing to say goodbye and lose as a result.

"Of course I am sure, I will win. If other countries and Microsoft are fined, they will be unscrupulous in our Huaxia, don't you think that our Huaxia is very faceless? We are a big country, and we must have the majesty of a great power! ”

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Three days later, the Huaxia Trade Commission formally sued Microsoft for monopoly, asking the court to rule and impose a fine of about 2.3 billion RMB on Microsoft!

After this news broke out, there was an uproar on the Internet.

This is the first time that the Huaxia political axe department has made such a high fine, or a fine for foreign companies, which is too powerful!

…… (To be continued.) )