Some practices and events that are a thumbs down for Microsoft.
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Blue Screen Of Death at BeiJing Olympics 2008
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Microsoft ships Windows7 without IE in Europe! This happened because European Union slashed a huge fine on Microsoft for Anti-Competitive practices. But the Windows7 Cd was shipped with an IE 8 Cd to install it on your Windows7 Installation. Sure you will need it to download Firefox, Chrome ,e.t.c
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Microsoft history is filled with legal matters mostly being Anti – Competitive Allegation! The Murder of Netscape by Microsoft in 2000 was avenged with the Dawn of Firefox! This happens when “Microsoft” tries to crush others with their $$$s.

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In 2003 European Union slaps the world Largest Fine ever to Microsoft for Anti- competitive practices. Microsoft has paid 2.63 billion Dollars to EU.

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WGA Windows Genuine Advantage was a real headache ,which locks down your PC if it finds that you are using a pirated version.
Microsoft’s statement at court when sued over WGA
“the software collected and communicated private identifying information from consumer’s computers and sent that information back to Microsoft on a daily basis.”