Chapter 1437 - Microsoft Loses the Case (Asking for Subscription)
When Lao Zhang was angry, Feng Yu was on the phone with Wilson and asked when the lawsuit against Microsoft would be resolved. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
At this time, giving Microsoft some blows can also make Lian Xiangyinshan less troublesome.
Microsoft suddenly lowered the price of the XP system some time ago, thinking that it could affect the sales of the XOS system, but even thinking of an announcement from Silver Mountain ruined Microsoft's little trick.
Lianxiang Yinshan claims that the XOS system will be guaranteed to be updated and maintained for at least five years.
And what this means, and against whom, everyone understands at a glance.
Think about Microsoft, two or three years of the system, when 2000 appeared, 95 stopped updating and maintaining, and when XP appeared, 2000 stopped updating and maintaining.
Isn't Microsoft announcing that Vista is about to be launched, doesn't it mean that the XP system is about to stop updating and maintaining?
That is to say, although they spent a small amount of money to buy a genuine XP system, but it will not take a year at all, and no one will patch the vulnerability, so how to ensure the security of the system? There are various problems, how to solve them?
As a result, although the price of Microsoft's XP system has been reduced, and the price reduction is very large, it is a pity that not many people still buy it. Because no one from Microsoft has come forward to say how long the XP system will continue to be maintained, it seems that the XP system will stop updating after the appearance of Vista by default.
Who would buy a system that would only last a few months? Didn't Vista say that it was very different from XP? Therefore, instead of increasing sales, the price reduction of XP has made it worse.
In addition, Lianxiang Group no longer pre-installed Microsoft's system, and many manufacturers have also signed agreements with Lianxiang Yinshan, cheaper systems can reduce the price of their products and increase competitiveness, of course they will not reject.
What's more, even think that Yinshan has also paid some price for this, such as the price of the system, and also let some of the profits be given to these PC manufacturers, so now many manufacturers have computers with pre-installed XOS systems.
Bill? Gates was furious on the board of directors and reprimanded everyone in charge of product sales and development. At the same time, it is necessary to contact those PC manufacturers to limit the sales of models with pre-installed XOS, and Microsoft's Vista system will definitely surprise them even more.
In fact, those manufacturers have long been fed up with Microsoft's domineering, and they wish that a system vendor could stand up and fight for Microsoft. How much money do they make with a PC, and how much money does Microsoft make with a system.
According to the profit margin, Microsoft is the most profitable to sell a computer, so how can PC manufacturers balance their hearts?
What's more, even thinking about the conditions given by Yinshan to increase their profits, how could they not support it? In the business field, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests, not to mention that they have never been friends with Microsoft!
Especially as you know, after the XP system will soon stop updating and maintaining, the sales of PCs with pre-installed XP systems have deteriorated, and those PC manufacturers have also complained about this.
They are now in turn asking Microsoft to announce that it is in their interest to continue maintaining XP for at least three years. Unfortunately, Microsoft didn't agree.
But compared to the poor sales of the system, Microsoft cares more about the fact that they are sued for monopoly around the world. They don't want to lose the power of this bundling model, which would deprive their software of its biggest means of competition.
Of course, it would be better if you could and not be fined. Now, many countries don't feel that there is anything wrong with this kind of bondage. Isn't most of what they're bundled with freeware?
Especially since Lianxiang Yinshan's office software has been sold globally, they can't lose this advantage, otherwise they can only be pulled down and reduce their profits.
They never thought that even Huaxia would accuse them of Microsoft monopoly, and they also heard that after Huaxia's anti-monopoly law was passed, the first person to be sued was Microsoft, which was clearly deliberately targeted!
In the first two court sessions, although their lawyers tried their best to distinguish between them, the effect was minimal.
The legal system of Huaxia is fundamentally different from the common law system, and the law is prescribed on the Huaxia side, and the judgments are made in accordance with the law, and the various provisions are very detailed, and the ruling of the presiding judge is the mainstay.
On the European and American side, it is more sketchy, and the verdict is mostly based on the jurors' votes according to the practice of the past. And their media public, can influence the verdict.
In the Chinese legal system, although the media and the public have influence, at most they affect the severity of the sentence, rather than whether they are guilty or whether they have violated the law.
So Microsoft is now a sure thing, it will be found to be illegal, and it will be punished. As for the amount of fine, because the amount is too high, the draft anti-monopoly law of Huaxia only stipulates a lower line, that is, 5 million RMB.
What they have to fight over now is the amount of the fine. And judging from the current situation, Microsoft is very unfavorable.
Huaxia's lawyer, Wilson, who has been serving Feng Yu, also took advantage of the gap in the law and demanded that a ruling be made according to the amount of the British and American side, so he proposed a high fine.
What makes Microsoft angry is that Huaxia is obviously biased, and most people think that this fine is reasonable. And Wilson made a buzz on the sidelines, saying that Microsoft treats the market differently, which makes Bill? Gates wants to scold the street even more!
Do we treat them differently? Our previous product sales in Huaxia were the lowest prices in the world! Why don't you say this kind of discrimination? Now that we're selling prices, shouldn't we? Your GDP in China is already the top in the world.
We just don't want to treat the market differently now, which has caused such a situation, and we are not wronged!
And today, it is the third court session, and the two sides have once again started a war of words over the amount of fines.
Wilson was aggressive, and his verbal traps were too much for Microsoft's lawyers to deal with.
The representatives of Microsoft, their faces are getting more and more ugly, they find that things are really developing in the worst direction, they are regarded as a typical example by the Chinese political axe, killing chickens and monkeys, they are the chickens!
The court ruled that Microsoft was convicted of monopoly and sentenced to a fine of more than RMB 1,836 million, and that the source code of some products must be disclosed. This figure has set a new record for the fine of Huaxia political axe, and it will not be broken for many years in the future!
When he came out of the courtroom, a group of Chinese and foreign reporters surrounded him, and many people did not expect the strong performance of Huaxia. The out-of-court settlement was directly refused, and the final verdict was rendered after three court sessions. Order Microsoft to pay the fine within a limited time, otherwise Microsoft's corporate account in Huaxia will be seized!
On the issue of monopoly, Microsoft, once again, lost the case!
…… (To be continued.) )