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Re:Slack Files EU Competition Complaint Against Microsoft by treis on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @01:28PM (#23919395)
Skype For Business was a separate product. It's only when rolling it into the office suite that it becomes problematic. And that is only because of the dominant position Word/Excel/PPT hold.

I personally don't think it's anti-competitive but I at least see the argument that can be made.

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Re:Slack Files EU Competition Complaint Against Microsoft by hcurtiss on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @01:57PM (#23919718)
Skype for Business has always been an Office 365 install.
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Re:Slack Files EU Competition Complaint Against Microsoft by treis on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @02:19PM (#23919967)
I definitely could be wrong but I thought at one point they were billed separately. Or at least there was a package you could get without Skype.
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Re:Slack Files EU Competition Complaint Against Microsoft by MangoCoffee on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @02:57PM (#23920365)
it was. two years ago i changed job and the current employer use Skype for business as it was part of Office 365. we moved off Skype when Windows Team roll out.
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