Microsoft can't use market power 80 percent profit margin to harm consumers by killing competition on any market

I have to hand it to Bill Gates and company. They new from the start ,that they would a lot of companies and businesses "by the balls." With the fact that most people did not care of the shoddiness of windows and did not want to buy Apple stuff made it worse. They thought they can do anything they wanted. I commend the European union for finally standing up to them.

Microsoft Yields to European Regulators

the company can no longer use the market power derived from its 95 percent share of the PC operating system market and 80 percent profit margin to harm consumers by killing competition on any market it wishes," Neelie Kroes, the E.U.'sSoftware Giant Ends Years-Long Antitrust Fight

By Catherine Rampell

Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 23, 2007; Page D01

Microsoft yesterday capitulated to European Union regulators, ending a decade-long antitrust battle that some say could shape how U.S. companies operate in Europe.

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