-------- Original Message -------- Subject: AP: Hungary Officials Raid Microsoft Office Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:33:55 +0100 To: For users of Fedora fedora-list@redhat.com
''Associated Press 07.26.07, 4:26 PM ET
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - Hungary's state Competition Authority raided the offices of Microsoft Corp.'s local subsidiary as part of a probe into the company's relationship with large software distributors.
The unannounced raid took place July 19 at the offices of Microsoft Magyarorszag Kft., according to a notice posted on the authority's Web site.
According to the statement, Microsoft used sales conditions and offered software distributors incentives - described as "loyalty discounts" - so they wouldn't offer clients anything but Microsoft Office products.
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http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/26/ap3957835.html
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On Friday 27 July 2007 20:10, Vivek J. Patankar wrote:
According to the statement, Microsoft used sales conditions and offered software distributors incentives - described as "loyalty discounts" - so they wouldn't offer clients anything but Microsoft Office products.
Yawn what's new?. They do exactly the same here. Discounts as high as 80% i am told. They will recover orders of magnitued more once the customer is on their upgarde treadmill. Various software providers keep plugging the crap simply because of this incentive.
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Vivek J. Patankar