Microsoft is in the center of the next anti-corruption proceedings

Against the background of the discussion of the anniversary of the release of Windows 95, a logical sudden change of CEO and a new explosion of paranoia due to the introduction of TPM 2.0, it seems to me that the news about the next corruption scandal with Microsoft in the lead role was completely undeserved.

lenta.ru :

US authorities have begun an investigation into the giving of bribes by Microsoft in Russia and Pakistan. About this with reference to anonymous sources on August 22 reports the publication The Wall Street Journal.

The investigation into the computer company is conducted by the Ministry of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to The Wall Street Journal, in Russia, official Microsoft dealers bribed officials of one of the state-owned telecommunications companies in order to obtain lucrative contracts. The incident occurred in March 2013.

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3dnews.ru :

The confirmation came after The Wall Street Journal reported on the ongoing investigation into the allegedly illegal activities of Microsoft employees and business partners in China, Italy and Bulgaria. According to the resource, intermediaries engaged in the implementation of software, offered officials "kickbacks" in order to obtain lucrative contracts.
According to The Wall Street Journal, citing informed sources, in order to win the contract, Microsoft dealers paid a bribe to the heads of a state-owned company in Russia. In Pakistan, in order to win the tender, Microsoft employees organized a luxurious tour for a government official and his wife. All of this, sources say, has happened in the past eight months.

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This event once again makes you wonder about the existence of an inseparable two-way connection between monopolies and corruption.