Daum Communications Corp, South Korea's top Internet portal, said on Monday it was suing Microsoft Corp and its Korean unit for alleged unfair business practices related to instant messaging software.
"Microsoft used its dominant market position by bundling its Instant Messenger program to its Windows XP operating system and that has caused significant damage to Daum," Daum said in a statement. "By using its dominance in PC operating systems, Microsoft is excluding rivals from Internet messenger markets."
Daum, which has its own messaging service, said it had filed a 10 billion won ($8.74 million) indemnity suit at the Seoul District Court.
Officials at Microsoft Korea could not immediately be reached for comment.
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"Microsoft used its dominant market position by bundling its Instant Messenger program to its Windows XP operating system and that has caused significant damage to Daum," Daum said in a statement. "By using its dominance in PC operating systems, Microsoft is excluding rivals from Internet messenger markets."
Daum, which has its own messaging service, said it had filed a 10 billion won ($8.74 million) indemnity suit at the Seoul District Court.
Officials at Microsoft Korea could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Is not load WMP9, MSN messenger onto Windows, but offer it as a free addon from Windows Update. Not only would it not be an OS component, they would probably get even more people trying these products because they'll be readily available through the proper channel of Windows Update.
Competitors should consider if the lost market share is due to their products being total and utter crap. Not because MS does a better job at shipping the same component without having to overload it with spyware crap or features no-one wants.
In fact MS components lack features found in other programs quite often, yet they are still popular.
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