The ongoing regulatory skirmish between Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over cloud computing licensing and competition represents a critical juncture in the evolution of the cloud market. At its heart, it exposes the tensions between legacy...
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Microsoft's licensing practices relating to the deployment of its software on competing cloud platforms such as AWS and Google Cloud continue to raise substantial competitive concerns, especially highlighted by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation. The crux of the issue...