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Microsoft to take Windows from South Korea?
Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 14:51, 29th October 2005 GMT
Source: ZDNet News
Microsoft has threatened to withdraw its Windows software from South Korea if the country's antitrust agency orders it to unbundle its instant-messaging and media player software from the operating system.
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has been investigating allegations that the world's top software maker breached antitrust laws by incorporating the services into Windows.
"If the KFTC enters an order requiring Microsoft to remove code or redesign Windows uniquely for the Korean market, it might be necessary to withdraw Windows from the Korean market or delay offering new versions in Korea," Microsoft said in a U.S. regulatory filing Thursday.
The KFTC began its probe in 2001, when South Korean Internet portal Daum Communications alleged that Microsoft's bundling of the operating system with other services broke antitrust rules. It widened the probe, following a similar complaint from RealNetworks in late 2003.
A ruling could come as soon as Wednesday, a KFTC spokesman said.
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