Microsoft faces pressure over Windows pricing
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Microsoft, as determined by the US government, is implementing discriminatory prices for its Windows operating system. The company, which was found of charging PC manufacturers at the price ranging from $30 to $40, is believed to employ such pricing as a technique to promote some of its products such as the Internet browser. Moreover, the company was affirmed by competitors that include Netscape Communications, America Online and Apple Computer to have used its dominant Windows operating system to reduce competition.
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Is determined by the US government to implement discriminatory prices for its Windows operating system
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 1998
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Exec snubs Windows redesign
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Microsoft Corp official Jim Allchin, who is scheduled to be cross-examined on Feb 1, 1999, testified that regulators' suggestion to redesign Windows would make it 'significantly less functional.' On Jan 27, 1999, Microsoft VP Paul Maritz was asked by Judge Thomas Penfield regarding the availability of any software that is not integrated with Windows. An antitrust suit asserts that the software firm integrated Explorer in Windows 1995 to crush competitor Netscape.
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 1999
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