Microsoft faces 1B cloud licensing lawsuit in the UK
Get the Full StoryMicrosoft s cloud ambitions just hit a major snag in the UK. The tech giant is facing a 1bn 1.27 billion lawsuit over how it licenses software to customers using rival cloud platforms. Filed in the UK s Competition Appeal Tribunal by Scott Scott, the lawsuit accuses Microsoft of punishing businesses for choosing competitors like Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services AWS , and Alibaba over its Azure platform. Here s the gist: if you re using Microsoft s Windows Server but prefer another cloud provider, you re allegedly stuck with higher costs. Maria Luisa Stasi, the lead claimant, argues this forces UK businesses into Azure s arms and stifles This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: MicrosoftShare: