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to: Geo.
from: Robert Comer
date: 2003-05-22 23:12:20
subject: Re: Washington Post: Microsoft backpedaling on illegal funding of sale

From: "Robert Comer" 

> does that affect German sales?

I don't really know, the EU antitrust stuff is still going on and the
penalties may be different.  It could be that since they are an American
company, they still apply, but I haven't heard one way or the other.

- Bob Comer


"Geo."  wrote in message news:3ecd8a0d{at}w3.nls.net...
> does that affect German sales?
>
> Geo.
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:3ecd6108$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Wasn't that one of the conditions in their settlement?  (at least to
> VAR's.)
> >
> > - Bob Comer
> >
> >
> > "Geo."  wrote in message
news:3ecd6030{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> > > news:3eccca76$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > >
> > > > It all depends and I doubt they would stop at just
matching if they
> get
> > > hurt
> > > > enough to do anything. Take this Germany thing for
example, they are
> not
> > > > matching the price, they are undercutting it.
> > >
> > > Yes but for just one customer, that is what shouldn't be allowed. As a
> > > monopoly they should be forced to charge everyone the same price so
that
> > > pricing can't be a hammer.
> > >
> > > Geo.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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