From: Mike '/m' 


Things are different when one player has a monopoly.

 /m

On Tue, 20 May 2003 18:49:36 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>I still don't get the issue. Linux is free, for MS to do something wrong
>wouldn't they have to be cheaper? I mean just matching the price of a
>competitor is what I would call being competitive. Did MS pay someone to use
>windows?
>
>Somehow, I don't see MS lowering the price of Windows to match Linux as a
>bad thing.
>
>Geo. (actually I'd like to see that happen, start with the CAL price)
>
>"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
>news:3eca3ebb{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >"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=hptoc_
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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