[Tech] Microsoft: grane con l'antitrust anche in Corea del Sud

Questa volta la denuncia parte dal gestore di Daum, il più grosso portale Internet sud-coreano, e riguarda la pratica di Microsoft di offrire in bundle col sistema operativo Windows XP il proprio sistema di instant messaging.

"We have just filed the lawsuit against Microsoft," Park Hyun-Jung, a Daum Communications Corp. official, told AFP after emerging from the Seoul district court.



The 10 billion won (8.8 million dollars) suit followed last month's European Commission fine of 500 million euros (611 million dollars) on Microsoft for bundling audio-video software into its operating system.



The suit was the latest development in Daum's attempts to block the sale of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system in South Korea, the world's broadband Internet leader, where about 70 percent of households have broadband connections.



Daum filed a complaint with the South Korean anti-trust watchdog, the Fair Trade Commission, in 2001.



Microsoft disputed Daum's anti-trust charge, saying Windows XP users have an option to keep using the instant messenger system as installed or not to use it.

Fonte: Yahoo! News.