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Dive Brief:
- Microsoft disputed allegations that its software licensing practices inhibit cloud market competition in a 101-page response last week to the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority. The regulatory agency issued a provisional decision in January, after a 15-month investigation of Microsoft, AWS and Google Cloud.
- The CMA recommended its board use powers granted by the 2024 Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act to designate Microsoft a strategic technology provider subject to intervention and further investigation. AWS was also recommended for Strategic Market Status designation.
- Microsoft pushed back. “Current and future competition in the cloud simply does not and will not turn on the price of Microsoft’s legacy software,”…
