The move against Microsoft, the first such Brussels investigation against the group since the commission charged it with tying Internet Explorer to its Windows operating system in 2009, comes after a prolonged truce between the company and the competition watchdog. “It puts the commission in a difficult position,” said a person with knowledge of the talks. The more cells are pre-filled the easier. You start a Sudoku puzzle with some cells already filled in with numbers. So each row, column or region contains nine cells. Rivals, such as Slack, fear being undercut by Microsoft.īut if Microsoft raises prices, such a move may be considered bad for consumers. In each Sudoku puzzle you have a 9x9 grid, divided into nine 3x3 square regions (you can just look above to get an impression). Regulators and rivals have concerns over the price Microsoft should charge for Teams if it is no longer linked to Office software. But talks stalled over whether Microsoft will implemented globally or only in the bloc’s 27 member states. Microsoft, as part of its negotiations with antitrust investigators, had agreed to stop forcing users to have Teams automatically installed on their devices. The workplace messaging app accused Microsoft of using its dominance to crush competitors by tying Teams to its Office 365 tools. The investigation into Microsoft comes three years after Slack, now owned by Salesforce, filed a complaint with the EU.
Margrethe Vestager, the bloc’s executive vice-president in charge of competition and digital policy, last month threatened to break up Google. The EU has stepped up its actions against Silicon Valley giants in recent years.
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