South Korea’s antitrust watchdog today ordered Microsoft to pay a Won33bn (US$31.9m) fine and unbundle its Messenger and Media Player from its Windows operating system, a move which might force the software giant to withdraw from the country.
This follows the EU ruling against Microsoft and is yet another blow to the software giant. Microsoft has threatened to pull out of S Korea if the ruling went against them. It will be interesting to see if they have the courage to carry their threat out. I'm not sure it would be the wisest move.
It is also interesting to note how much noise the whole bundling startegy at Microsoft has created world wide, how many fines Microsoft has had to pay and how much bad will it has created with world authorities. Lets see if they continue the practices and how they may translate in an internet services oriented world.
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