Antitrust Commissioner Dror Strum has informed Microsoft that he has formally classified the software giant a monopoly in Israel, meaning the company is now subject to a string of limits on its marketing methods inside the country.
Strum recently sent a letter to Microsoft's representatives in Israel "reminding" Microsoft that it is liable to all the rules applying to monopolies in Israel, which were included in a draft proposition sent to the company in the past.
By classifying Microsoft a monopoly in Israel, the company is now prohibited by law from, among other things, giving its clients benefits in exchange for selling its products rather than its competitors merchandise, or forbidding them to sell competing products, or to link the sale of one of its products with the sale of additional Microsoft products.
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