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Why give away all those profits?
Seriously, what good would throwing a temper tantrum serve MS
in this case? They've already got a version of Windows without
the Media Player, and no one is interested in buying it. Just eat
the miniscule fine, make the lesser version of Windows available,
then continue on with business as usual, and keep raking in the
$ from South Korea.

Yes, I know it angers you and upsets you, but try to think like a
businessman, and not throw away money to make a meaningless
gesture.
Posted by: tic swayback   Posted on: 12/07/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Better to comply than defy  htotten | 12/07/05
Yep  IT_User | 12/07/05
WHAT FINE ???  realitycheck101 | 12/07/05
The fine is nothing  rapson | 12/07/05
You missed the rest  OhMyGosh | 12/07/05
Its War  mighetto | 12/07/05
Looking deeper  Tahuyahick | 12/07/05
How dare they... ungrateful.  itanal | 12/07/05
I heard  Loverock Davidson | 12/07/05
True  OhMyGosh | 12/07/05
Is Microsoft really an American company?  OhMyGosh | 12/07/05
The Monopolist Way  mighetto | 12/07/05
like Comcast  Boot_Agnostic | 12/07/05
Sure...  nomorems | 12/07/05
Get over yourself mate. This is about business, not nukes...  Artstar | 12/07/05
Just say NO!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/05
Just say NO to Microsoft!  #_z | 12/07/05
I hope you never buy a MS product.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/05
NO! (NT)  Loverock Davidson | 12/07/05
Hmmm. Well, ok! NO!  shawkins | 12/07/05
Does it matter...  John Le'Brecage | 12/07/05
Thank you Nancy Reagan!  B.O.F.H. | 12/07/05
Message has been deleted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/05
Message has been deleted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/05
Why give away all those profits?  tic swayback | 12/07/05
It is easier to use quotes from Nancy Reagan.  B.O.F.H. | 12/07/05
MS has to take a stand at some poitn, this is a good place to do it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/05
Why take a stand that's not worth the headache?  tic swayback | 12/07/05
$33 million? Hmmm, fire every SK on the payroll  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/05
For once I agree  Yagotta B. Kidding | 12/07/05
Silly boy, I just want the moeny recouped.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/05
Your right  OhMyGosh | 12/07/05
Yeah. They're getting more like Open Source  John Zern | 12/07/05
It's The Protocol Stupid  Goldie_Simmons | 12/07/05
Good thought,  LoCal | 12/07/05
Lincoln Group  mighetto | 12/07/05
Lincoln Group  mighetto | 12/07/05
South Korea fines Microsoft $32 million  Loverock Davidson | 12/07/05
Oh Loverock..... you brute!!  shawkins | 12/07/05
I didn't know...  John Le'Brecage | 12/07/05
Can't help you there  tic swayback | 12/07/05
Yeah! A New Boston Tea Party ...  Judas I. | 12/07/05
Too funny...  jasonp@... | 12/07/05
10.0 for, "Corporate greed strikes South Korea," brilliant irony!  LoCal | 12/07/05
You would be funny ....  An_Axe_to_Grind | 12/07/05
Does Mike Cox like Kimchi???  shawkins | 12/07/05
First it was the US, then the European Union and now South Korea.  B.O.F.H. | 12/07/05
Yeah. Governments trying to influence businesses  John Zern | 12/07/05
Windows Server doesn't have a monopoly  PB_z | 12/07/05
They bundled a firewall too  NonZealot | 12/07/05
So, How are they going to pay???  Bill_Jackson | 12/07/05
Simple, double the price of everything sold in SK.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/05
Everything that installs should be able to uninstall.  osreinstall | 12/07/05
That isn't what they sell or users CHOOSE to buy.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/05
Buyers choose?  IT_User | 12/07/05
Install Realplayer or Mozilla and shaddap Paddy.  osreinstall | 12/07/05
Can you say Linux, can you say Apple, Can you say Solaris...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/07/05
Haven't they learned anything from the EU?  Confused by religion | 12/07/05
After getting the money  Boot_Agnostic | 12/07/05
Those uppity South-Koreans!!!  Tahuyahick | 12/07/05
The U.S. military is in South Korea at the ...  ShadeTree | 12/07/05
Don't buy it  Boot_Agnostic | 12/07/05
Korea and windows  jfmiii | 12/07/05
Anti Trust Laws  funkybas | 12/27/05

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