Chapter 1400 Microsoft = Global Defendant

At this time, Microsoft is being sued by relevant agencies in South Korea, Japan, the European Union, the United States and other countries. The accusations are all monopoly.

Before Microsoft was accused of monopoly, it was bundling IE, but now, it is bundling MSN and video player software. This phenomenon is not only in China. Microsoft does this all over the world.

Microsoft's justification for bundling IE at the beginning was because users needed a browser, and they just provided it for free. If users don't like it, they don't have to.

But in Microsoft's system, IE cannot be uninstalled, nor can it be completely deleted, so Microsoft is not recognized because of this defense.

As early as 1997, Microsoft was sued for this in the United States. As a result, Microsoft agreed to pay more than one billion US dollars in vouchers in exchange for the understanding of users.

If the vouchers are not collected by users, most of them will be donated to some public schools, and these public schools must use half of the vouchers to purchase Microsoft products.

To put it bluntly, Microsoft lost the lawsuit on the surface, but it consolidated its monopoly position. It has even begun to cultivate loyalty to Microsoft products from a baby.

This judgment was opposed by companies such as fruit, and many states in the United States stated that they did not recognize the judgment and would continue to sue.

And this year, the European Union once again confronted Microsoft on the issue of monopoly. The five-year negotiation between the two parties broke down, but in the past five years, Microsoft has already controlled the market.

A lawsuit is not terrible for Microsoft. It will not only allow Microsoft to keep getting media attention and appear in the headlines of various media, but also delay time so that Microsoft can continue to sell software in their own way.

As for the possibility of being fined in the end, what is this? How much are the fines compared to the profits they get? Even if the fine is temporarily higher than their profit in IE and other software, but it squeezes out other competitors and increases the market share of their software, the money will be earned back in two or three years.

Relying on bundled sales, Microsoft has rapidly expanded its market share in countries with developed IT in the world, which has also caused dissatisfaction in many countries.

The European Union first rejected Microsoft's delayed negotiation invitation, and directly ruled that Microsoft's monopoly was established, and imposed a huge fine of about 500 million euros, equivalent to about 670 million U.S. dollars.

At the same time, Microsoft was ordered to strip the bundled software in the Windows operating system, and Microsoft was required to disclose part of the source code of Microsoft-related software to competitors, including office software.

Although Microsoft appealed, it was rejected.

If it weren't for this, the source code of some office software was released, and Microsoft's activation code generator would not be updated to a universal version so soon.

Seeing the victory of the European Union, South Korea and island countries have also started monopoly lawsuits against Microsoft, and the United States has also resumed monopoly lawsuits against Microsoft.

However, at this time, China, the market that Microsoft is most concerned about, has not said a word.

The draft of Huaxia's anti-monopoly law has just been promulgated. There has been no relevant law before, and naturally there is no way to pursue accountability. Furthermore, Huaxia has not paid enough attention to this aspect, and has never thought of suing foreign companies.

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"What did you say, let us sue Microsoft for monopoly?" Commissioner Bao was shocked.

"Yes, you can be fined. Looking at the news from the EU, we have fined nearly 500 million euros. If calculated by population, we can also be fined 500 million euros. If calculated by sales, we can fine the amount It won't be too low, and you can still have tens of millions of euros at the last time." Feng Yu tempted.

"How much? At least tens of millions of euros? But this is not good, Microsoft just invested one billion dollars in China." Committee member Bao hesitated.

It seems a little unkind to do so, right? When other people just come to invest, you turn around and fine them, that’s not what they do.

"Commissioner Bao, investment is investment, and breaking the law is breaking the law. Could it be that because he invested, we won't deal with the breaking of the law? And don't you think it's easier for foreign companies to understand that it's better to use Microsoft as a knife?

Isn't Huaxia a place where they can act recklessly? "

"Besides, South Korea and island countries are suing Microsoft. Why can't we sue? Even the United States, where Microsoft is located, is also suing them."

"Ah? The United States is suing Microsoft too? Isn't Microsoft owned by the United States?" Commissioner Bao felt a little confused.

Just like China's Lianxiang Yinshan, it's too late for China's government to support it, so how could it sue?

"Microsoft is not the only software company in the United States. There are also fruits, IBM, etc., but Microsoft is indeed the strongest in the Windows operating system. Think about it, the United States has punished itself. Why are we being polite? If the neighboring South Korea and island countries sue, even the Commonwealth of Independent States countries sue, but we don’t, what will happen?”

"At that time, it will be said on the Internet that our Chinese government is too weak, not as good as island countries or something. By the way, I have helped find lawyers. Some time ago, CCTV sued companies with false advertisements, and he was the one who helped fight them. won."

"President Feng, tell me the truth, sue Microsoft, why are you so active? Is it because you are a competitor with Microsoft?" Committee member Bao squinted at Feng Yu.

"If you say that, then there's nothing to talk about. Whether we sue Microsoft or not, we are all competitors. And if Microsoft is fined, we won't get a dime. Besides, even if Yinshan has my company's shares, but not many, even considering the profitability of Yinshan, among my subsidiaries, it ranks in the middle and lower."

Feng Yu put on a look of being greatly shocked, and continued: "I am for the sake of the country. You see, Microsoft has suddenly acquired most of the domestic software companies, and it is clearly to dominate the market. Some foreign software companies also They took the opportunity to buy a batch, isn't our domestic software market going to be controlled by them?"

"Microsoft's branch in China is second only to the head office in the United States, which shows that they value the Chinese market. Moreover, because Microsoft was accused of monopoly, they have paid a lot of fees, and most of them were settled out of court. But in We Huaxia must not reconcile, we must show our anti-monopoly attitude!"

Committee member Bao rolled his eyes, this Feng Yu taught me how to do things? It's not all about the law.

"Are you sure we can win?" It would be too embarrassing if we bid farewell to others and lost in the end.

"Of course I'm sure, we will definitely win. If other countries, Microsoft has been fined, it will be unscrupulous in our Huaxia. Don't you think that our Huaxia will lose face? We are a big country, and we must have the majesty of a big country!"

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Three days later, the Huaxia Trade Commission formally sued Microsoft for monopoly, asking the court to impose a fine of about 2.3 billion RMB on Microsoft!

After the news broke, there was an uproar on the Internet.

This is the first time that the Huaxia government department has imposed such a high fine, and it is still a fine for a foreign company, which is too awesome!

... (To be continued.)

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