Re:Google Cloud files complaint due to Microsoft's anti-comp...
by GeekyBear on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @12:58PM
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Windows has previously been ruled to have a monopoly market share in both the US and the EU.
There's certainly a case that can be made that having Windows licencing fees be many times more expensive (unless you use Microsoft's own cloud service) would be an instance of illegal tying.
> Antitrust concerns arise when such arrangements are used to maintain or augment the seller’s pre-existing market power or impair competition on the merits in the market for the tied product
There's certainly a case that can be made that having Windows licencing fees be many times more expensive (unless you use Microsoft's own cloud service) would be an instance of illegal tying.
> Antitrust concerns arise when such arrangements are used to maintain or augment the seller’s pre-existing market power or impair competition on the merits in the market for the tied product
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/tying_arrangement