From: Mike '/m' 


You should check the precise wording of the law.

 /m

On Tue, 20 May 2003 22:06:06 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>So? I thought one of the tests of monopoly was that there was no price
>competitiveness?
>
>Geo.
>
>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:vsclcvg4ulmh5jakllvct4geafe28ibkj7{at}4ax.com...
>>
>> 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=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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