![]() Microsoft didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. It's also asked Germany's national competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt, to investigate Microsoft and says that it's "discussing a complaint in France with its coalition members" as well. Nextcloud says it has filed an official complaint with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition specifically about the bundling of OneDrive with Windows. Open standards and interoperability that make an easy migration possible.No gate keeping (by bundling, pre-installing or pushing Microsoft services) for a level playing field.Nextcloud says this coalition has two demands for the European Union: 32 EU software and cloud businesses have joined Nextcloud in filing a complaintwith the European Commission regarding Microsofts alleged anti-competitive behaviour over the bundling of its OS with online services. The company's push for the European Commission to intercede has attracted support from numerous European organizations and companies alike, with the list of backers including The Free Software Foundation Europe, Onlyoffice, The European Digital SME Alliance, and more. Together with the other members of the coalition, we are asking the antitrust authorities in Europe to enforce a level playing field, giving customers a free choice and to give competition a fair chance. 29 novembre 2021 Categories Entreprise Gnral Nouvelles Press release Auteur Jos Poortvliet As reported by Spiegel (and coming in the print version), and Politico, Nextcloud has filed a complaint with the EU as well as the German anti-trust authorities over the behavior of Microsoft. This kind of behavior is bad for the consumer, for the market and, of course, for local businesses in the EU. Copy an innovators' product, bundle it with your own dominant product and kill their business, then stop innovating. Nextcloud CEO Frank Karlitschek said in a statement: This is quite similar to what Microsoft did when it killed competition in the browser market, stopping nearly all browser innovation for over a decade. ![]()
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