Russian antitrust unit targets Microsoft over XP availability
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversThe antitrust police are after Microsoft again, but this time in Russia. Unlike other antitrust investigations involving Windows, the Russian case is focusing on Microsoft’s phase-out of XP, rather than bundling of various components into the base operating system.
The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) announced on June 4 it had opened an investigation of Microsoft. The charges — according to a version of a note on the government’s Web site, which I translated into English using the handy Bing Translator: Cutting off sales of XP as of June 2008, despite the fact there remains continuing demand for XP.
While the FAS notes that Microsoft is continuing to provide XP via “downgrade rights,” which are available for certain versions of Windows Vista, there seems to be some kind of problem with “setting different prices (tariffs) at the same item,” according to the translated complaint.
The charges against Microsoft will “be considered” by the Russian antitrust body on July 24.
Microsoft’s response, delivered by way of a corporate spokesperson:
“Microsoft has not yet received notice of any new investigation. However, we will cooperate with any inquiry and remain committed to full compliance with Russian law.”
I guess the Russian authorities haven’t been tracking all the continued leases on life Microsoft has given XP, the operating system that just won’t die….
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right on - have them make xp open source, then we never have to buy from ms ever again!
xp sux! slow and sluggish os, had better moved on to linux or mac
omg so many lawsuits!! everyone wants to sue everyone these days... what a f'ed up world
we live in...
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i don't understand how russia has any rights at all to tell microsoft whether they can
or cannot sell their product. who the f*ck is russia to sue microsoft because their
product is in demand. they can't do sh*t about this...
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back to the ussr
By love ms on 05.06.2009 - 13:06