Microsoft Antitrust Violations in Clown Computing
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The Washington Post ☛ Google files EU complaint accusing Microsoft of a cloud monopoly
The search giant argues Microsoft is violating European competition laws by charging punitive fees for its customers to transfer projects running on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to a competing cloud service. In a blog post, Google said Microsoft’s tactics are costing European businesses at least 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) per year and stifling competition in the lucrative cloud services industry.
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The Hill ☛ Google files antitrust complaint against Microsoft in Europe
The tech giant alleges that Microsoft has “severely limited consumer choice” with its licensing terms, such as imposing steep financial penalties on businesses that seek to use its Windows software on other cloud services.
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India Times ☛ Google files complaint to EU over Microsoft cloud practices
Alphabet unit Google filed a complaint to the European Commission on Wednesday against what it said were Microsoft's anti-competitive practices to lock customers into Microsoft's cloud platform Azure.
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RTL ☛ 'Anticompetitive' liscensing: Google files EU complaint over Microsoft cloud services
"We believe this regulatory action is the only way to end Microsoft vendor lock-in and for customers to have a choice and create a level playing field for competitors," Zavery said.
Google said Microsoft adopted the new licensing terms in 2019.
"What Microsoft introduced in 2019 basically created this idea of not allowing choice to customers," Zavery said.
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[Old] The Register UK ☛ EU monopoly regulators probing Microsoft Azure
Microsoft is already facing complaints on multiple fronts: Slack took exception to it bundling Teams with Office 365; Nextcloud filed papers with the EU over Microsoft bundling OneDrive with Windows; and OVHcloud, DCC and Aruba S.p.a jointly complained about Redmond's restrictive software licensing in the cloud.
The latest to open up pertains to the Azure public cloud, specifically that Microsoft is using its market muscle to lock out rivals. As part of this, the EU is talking to other providers and customers about ways Microsoft could be abusing biz sensitive information gleaned from commercial agreements with other cloud competitors.