#cma-investigation

#cma-investigation

The case in the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) centers on the cost - sometimes as much as four times as high - of running Windows Server on Google, AWS, or Alibaba clouds. Filed in December 2024, the case is being spearheaded by digital markets regulation expert Dr Maria Luisa Stasi. It was given added impetus by the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) final findings in July that Microsoft's licensing policies disadvantaged customers using its three main rivals.

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