The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to launch an investigation into anti-competitive practices at Microsoft’s cloud computing business, as the US regulator continues to pursue Big Tech in the final weeks of Joe Biden’s presidency.

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@peterquirk

huh, one acronym: AWS?

Microsoft Azure has a much smaller market presence than AWS.

@Lulz4l1f3 Microsoft has a much bigger influence than its cloud market share would suggest due to its Office products. They all tie into Azure, and don't allow customers to run them on AWS at a comparable price. That's the curse of developing a successful integrated suite of products.

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@peterquirk

Yeah, get that. But the 400lb gorilla that prices everybody else out is AWS whose only substantial competition is Azure , a 100 pound chimp.

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