South Korea Could Ditch Windows

The monopoly Microsoft managed to build all over the world, thanks to the Windows operating system, has been brought up 'only' a few million times by the media.
Most of the times, everybody focused on the never-ending negotiations between The European Union and Microsoft. However, Europe isn't the only one sick of dealing with Microsoft's monopoly and, apparently, Korea has been conducting an investigation for the past four years to reveal the company's real stand on the software market.

South Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) should present shortly the conclusions of this investigation and will decide whether Microsoft has been using its monopoly position on the operating system market in order to impose the use of its integrated MSN instant messaging client, its Internet Explorer browser and Windows Media Player software.

Should the verdict be in favor of Microsoft's competition, there's a real possibility of having the operating system withdrawn from sale for a nondisclosed period of time, in order to make the changes the South Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) could impose.
In spite of threatening to stop selling Windows in Korea, the commission wasn't impressed by Microsoft's approach and stated that it will not take into consideration this possibility when reaching a conclusion.
Also, the recent partnership between RealNetworks and Microsoft that settles all the company's antitrust complaints will not influence either the Korean Commission in reaching a verdict.