AWS and 23 others accuse Microsoft of antitrust behaviour

Microsoft is 'irrevocably' harming European cloud computing ecosystem

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AWS and 23 others accuse Microsoft of antitrust behaviour
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AWS and 23 others accuse Microsoft of antitrust behaviour

A trade group representing 24 cloud computing providers in Europe has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission's Directorate-General (DG) over Microsoft's licencing of software in the cloud.

CISPE, or Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe, which has filed the complaint, comprises some of Microsoft's fiercest competitors in the cloud hosting industry, including Amazon Web Ser...

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