From: "Robert Comer" 

Once shows they will do it again if given the chance...

- Bob Comer


"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
news:orclcvoo6gb50u3f8n17p0ash4r6edlqbq{at}4ax.com...
>
> How 'bout if they only did it once?   What then?
>
>  /m
>
>
> On Tue, 20 May 2003 10:45:17 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote:
>
> >>"A controversial Microsoft program offering discounts to win
> >> business from lower-priced competitors has only been used twice in
Europe
> >> since July, the company's top lawyer said yesterday.
> >
> >Gak, just because they've only did it twice, the EU antitrust people
> >shouldn't go after them.  VERY bad logic on their part.
> >
> >- Bob Comer
> >
> >
> >
> >"Joe Barr"  wrote in message
> >news:pan.2003.05.20.14.37.51.300547{at}austin.rr.com...
> >>
> >>
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14517-2003May20.html?nav=hpt
oc_tn
> >>
> >> By Cynthia L. Webb
> >> washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
> >> Tuesday, May 20, 2003; 9:38 AM
> >>
> >> Microsoft's use of aggressive sales practices to defeat competition for
> >> other operating systems, namely the open-source Linux platform, have
put
> >> the company in potential hot water again.
> >>
> >> Already under the microscope in Europe for alleged anticompetitive
> >> behavior, the company's business practices have been criticized again
> >> following a report in The International Herald Tribune last week
detailing
> >> internal company e-mails and memos that indicated Microsoft would offer
> >> steep discounts to take business away from cheaper competitors,
including
> >> Linux.
> >>
> >> In a follow-up piece in The Seattle Times today, Microsoft does some
> >> backpedaling. "A controversial Microsoft program
offering discounts to
win
> >> business from lower-priced competitors has only been used twice in
Europe
> >> since July, the company's top lawyer said yesterday. The revelation
could
> >> be part of an effort to mute calls for a new European Commission
antitrust
> >> investigation," the newspaper reported. "I have a
great deal of
confidence
> >> this program has not in any way inappropriate impact on commerce in the
> >> European Union," Brad Smith, Microsoft senior vice president and
general
> >> counsel, told The Seattle Times.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >
>

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