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SOUTH KOREAN INTERNET PORTAL PLANS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST MICROSOFT.

AsiaPulse News, October, 2003

SEOUL, Oct 17 Asia Pulse - Daum Communications, South Korea's largest Internet portal, today said it is preparing to file a new legal action against Microsoft Corp. over the U.S. software giant's bundling of messenger software with its Windows XP operating system.

"We will file a new complaint against Microsoft with a Seoul court by the end of this month," said Kwon Kyung-ah, a Daum spokeswoman.

If things go Daum's way, the move will be the Internet portal's third attempt to block the sale of Windows XP, which features a bundle of digital media capabilities including Internet phone and instant messenger.

Daum is one of South Korea's biggest Internet companies with more than 26 million registered e-mail accounts. It also controls 20 per cent of the...

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