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Red Hat faces South Korean probe over dominance abuse, software bundling allegations

By Jenny Lee
  • 23 Oct 2024 05:06
  • 23 Oct 2024 05:06
IBM subsidiary Red Hat, the global open-source software powerhouse, has come under scrutiny by the South Korean competition watchdog for allegations that it used its market dominance to exclude local software competitors and engage in bundling practices, MLex was told.
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Jenny Lee

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Jenny joined MLex’s Seoul bureau in 2021 as a correspondent focusing on competition law and data privacy and security. Jenny received a Master’s degree from Northwestern University’s renowned Medill School of Journalism and worked for a number of news organizations in the US, including the Associated Press Television News, McClatchy and Voice of America, where she worked for almost three years in Washington DC. She returned to her native South Korea in 2019 as a reporter for Wired Korea.

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