Germany Puts Microsoft on Five Years Probation for Antitrust Bullying
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We’re a little late with this, but we just learned tonight that on September 30, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (called Bundeskartellamt in German) announced that Microsoft will be under “special abuse control” for a period of five years. This status was ordered after the FCO determined that Microsoft holds a market position of “paramount significance,” which means it has enough of a competitive edge to carve out monopolies for itself at will.
In a way, FCO’s move puts Microsoft in regulatory probation, and gives regulators the power to intervene early to prevent potentially harmful anti-competitive behavior.