Microsoft Hit With $32 Million South Korea Fine
7th Dec 2005, 18:45 GMT
South Korean antitrust regulators ruled that Microsoft abused its software market dominance, fined it US$32 million and ordered the company to offer alternative versions of its Windows operating system that country within six months. Microsoft said it will fight the decision in court. The Korea Fair Trade Commission today found Microsoft's practice of tying certain software to Windows constitutes an "abuse of market dominant position and unfair trade practices," Kang Chul-kyu, the commission's chairman, told reporters.
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