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Google and Microsoft Antitrust

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 02, 2023

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What the Landmark U.S. v. Google Antitrust Suit Means for Search — And for You

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The case could have widespread effects on the internet as we know it.

Microsoft backs down to Europe over Teams and Edge

=> ↺ Microsoft backs down to Europe over Teams and Edge

Tech giant will unbundle Teams from Office 365 and stop links opening in Edge by default – but only for European customers.

Microsoft says Teams to be unbundled from Office in EU from 1 Oct

=> ↺ Microsoft says Teams to be unbundled from Office in EU from 1 Oct

Linde said Microsoft would enhance existing resources on inter-operability with Microsoft 365 and Office 365.

"...we have heard feedback that, given the broad capabilities of Microsoft 365, Microsoft could do more in terms of providing support and making development easier," she said.

"To help address these concerns, we will create new support resources to better organise and point application developers to the existing and publicly available APIs and extensibility in Microsoft 365 and Office 365 apps and services that connect with Teams."

Linde added that, additionally, new mechanisms would be created to enable third-party solutions to host Office Web applications.

The North American-based Coalition for Fair Software Licensing welcomed Microsoft's move, but said it was not enough.

The group's executive director, Ryan Triplette, said in a statement: "“This announcement proves that Microsoft is capable of doing the right thing for its customers, but chooses not to unless compelled by regulatory scrutiny. As we noted in our comment to the US Federal Trade Commission, the tying of Teams to the Office Suite is not a regional or product-specific issue.

“Microsoft has the power to flip a switch and offer its products separately, at any time and in any location it wants. However, unless the software giant’s entire restrictive licensing regime is unwound by regulators, it won’t.

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