Microsoft using (or abusing) its monopoly power. (Maybe this is too general -- maybe all the other issues are a subset of this one?)

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Hebrew Version of Word for the MacIntosh

• Microsoft's Mac Hebrew snub prompts Israeli AntiTrust complaint; by Andrew Orlowski; 17/06/2002 -- this despite willingness of someone to underwrite the cost of development, pay 1,000,000 shekels, and preorder 2000 copies of the modified program. There is a link to something that may describe the agreement between the US and Israel on antitrust issues.

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• (rhk) OPINION: The x86 OS X Success Strategy; Kelly McNeill; April 10, 2002 -- Very level-headed article (with a different focus) includes these paragraphs:

As discovered during the MS/DOJ antitrust trial, Microsoft bullied PC OEMs so that bundling of alternative operating systems would result in cancellation of the license that allows them to include Windows on their machines.

While it is plausible that Microsoft would have generated a reasonable following with Windows in any event, there is no reason to believe that the company would enjoy the market share it holds today without these OEM contracts.

• (rhk) [[][]] -- Slashdot Thread on Microsoft's profits by business sector (Monopoly rents)

• (rhk) MSN deliberately breaks Opera's browser, claims company; John Lettice; 06/02/2003 -- title speaks for itself, and, there is enough information there to prove it to yourself (viewed 7 Feb 2003)

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