Chapter 1400

At this time, Microsoft is being sued by relevant institutions in South Korea, island countries, the European Union and the United States, all of which are monopolies.

Before Microsoft was accused of monopoly, ie was bundled. Now, MSN and audio-visual software are bundled. This phenomenon is not only in China. Microsoft does this all over the world.

At the beginning, the reason for bundling IE and Microsoft's justification was that users needed a browser, and they only provided it for free. If users don't like it, they don't need it.

But in Microsoft's system, ie can't be uninstalled or deleted completely, so Microsoft is not recognized for this defense.

As early as 1997, Microsoft was sued in the United States for this. As a result, Microsoft agreed to pay more than $1 billion in vouchers in exchange for user understanding.

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

To be frank, Microsoft lost the lawsuit on the surface, but consolidated its monopoly position. Even started to cultivate loyalty to Microsoft products from dolls.

The decision was opposed by companies such as fruit, and several states in the United States said they would not recognize the decision and continue to sue.

This year, the EU once again went to court with Microsoft on the issue of monopoly, and the negotiations between the two sides broke down for five years, but in these five years, Microsoft has taken control of the market.

It's not terrible for Microsoft to fight a lawsuit. It can not only make Microsoft constantly be concerned by the media and appear in the headlines of various media, but also delay the time and let Microsoft continue to sell software in their way.

As for the possibility of being fined in the end, what is that? How much is the penalty compared to the profit they get? Even though the penalty is temporarily higher than their profits in IE and other software, it has pushed out other competitors and increased their market share of software, and the money has been earned back in two or three years.

By bundling, Microsoft has rapidly expanded its market share in the world's it developed countries, which has also caused the dissatisfaction of many countries.

The European Union first rejected the invitation of Microsoft to delay the negotiation again. Instead, it directly ruled the establishment of Microsoft monopoly and issued a huge fine of about 500 million euros, equivalent to about $670 million.

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

Microsoft's appeal was dismissed.

If not for this reason, the source code of some office software is disclosed, Microsoft's activation code generator will not be updated to universal version so quickly.

Seeing the victory of the European Union, South Korea, island countries and other countries have begun to sue Microsoft for monopoly, and the United States has also started to sue Microsoft for monopoly again.

At this time, Microsoft's most valued market, Huaxia, has not said a word.

China's anti-monopoly law draft just came out, there has been no relevant laws before, and naturally there is no way to pursue responsibility. Moreover, Huaxia has not paid enough attention to this aspect, and has never thought of suing foreign enterprises.

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"What do you say, let's Sue Microsoft for monopoly?" Commissioner Bao was shocked.

"Yes, it can be fined. Look at the news from the EU. It's fined nearly 500 million euros. If by population, we can also fine 500 million euros. If by sales, our fine will not be too low. At the most, tens of millions of Euros can still be fined. " Feng Yu seduced.

"How much? At least tens of millions of euros? But that's not very good. Microsoft just invested one billion dollars in China. " Commissioner Bao hesitated.

It's not very kind to do this, is it? You'll be fined as soon as others come to invest. You didn't do that.

"Commissioner Bao, investment is investment, and breaking the law is against the law. Is it because he invests, and we won't deal with the matter of breaking the law? What's more, you don't think that it's easier for those foreign companies to understand that Huaxia is not the place where they can do what they want? "

"Besides, South Korea and island countries are suing Microsoft. Why can't we? Even Microsoft's country is suing them. "

"Ah? The United States sued Microsoft? Isn't Microsoft American? " Commissioner Bao felt a little confused.

Just like the Chinese think of silver mountain, the Chinese political axe support is too late, how can we sue?

"Microsoft is not the only software company in the United States. There are too many fruits, IBM and so on, but Microsoft is indeed the strongest in Windows operating system. You think, the United States has punished itself. What are we polite about? If the neighboring South Korea and island countries have sued, and even the CIS countries have sued, we have not, what is it? "

"At that time, the Internet will say that China's political axe is too weak, not as good as the island countries. By the way, I've helped find lawyers. Some time ago, CCTV accused those enterprises with false advertisements. He helped them win. "

"Mr. Feng, tell me the truth, tell someone Microsoft, what are you doing so actively? Is it because you and Microsoft are competitors? " Commissioner Bao squinted at Feng Yu."If you say that, there's no need to talk. Tell Microsoft or not, we are all competitors. And Microsoft was fined, and we didn't get a dime. Besides, even though Yinshan has shares in our company, it doesn't have many shares. Even Yinshan's profitability is ranked in the bottom of my subsidiaries. "

Feng Yu put on a look of being hit hard and continued: "I'm for the sake of my country. You see, Microsoft suddenly acquired most of the software companies in China, which is clearly to unify the market. And some foreign software companies have also taken the opportunity to acquire a number of software, our domestic software market, not to be controlled by them? "

"Microsoft's branch in China is second only to the head office of the United States, which shows their emphasis on the Chinese market. And because Microsoft is accused of monopolizing, they have paid a lot of fees, most of which are out of court settlements. But in China, there must be no reconciliation. We must show our anti-monopoly attitude! "

Committee member Bao rolled his eyes. Feng Yu also taught me how to do things? It's not up to the law.

"Are you sure we can win?" It would be embarrassing to sue others and lose.

"Sure, I will win. If Microsoft has been punished in other countries, it will be unscrupulous in China. Don't you think we have no face in China? We are great powers, and we should have the majesty of great powers! "

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Three days later, Huaxia Trade Commission formally sued Microsoft for monopoly and asked the court to rule that it would be fined about 2.3 billion RMB!

After the news burst out, there was an uproar on the Internet.

, the Chinese government ax department is the first time to make such a high fine, or to fines foreign companies, too awesome!

…… (to be continued. )