Microsoft Fined for Price Fixing Office Suite

[Mark]

Microsoft has been slapped with a fine of approximately $11.8 million for price fixing its popular Office Home and Student 2007 suite at a recent retail promotion.

According to Bundeskartellamt, which is an independent federal authority assigned to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in Germany, Microsoft fixed prices on Office at a particularly large retailer which received financial backing from Microsoft.

Microsoft Fined for Price Fixing Office Suite - Tom's Hardware

 

[Sam]

A drop in the pot for M$, but this is what kills well-meaning corporations, the consumers need to be vigilant. Instead of the government, or use Open-Office