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Microsoft on Monday accused Google of running “shadow campaigns” to turn monopoly regulators and the public against the enterprise

Microsoft’s statement on Monday detailed in a blog post by deputy general counsel Alaily was unusually vociferous

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Google's "shadowy campaign" also includes hiring supposedly neutral experts, including industry commentators and academics, to "attack Microsoft and author 'studies' that can be cited to discredit us,"

"We’ve been very public about our concerns with Microsoft’s cloud licensing," Google's spokesperson said. "We and many others believe that Microsoft’s anticompetitive practices lock in customers and create negative downstream effects that impact cybersecurity, innovation, and choice. You can read more in our many blog posts on these issues."

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Additionally, Google filed its own complaint with the European Commission in September over Microsoft's Azure cloud platform

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Google alleged that Microsoft’s licensing terms were anticompetitively written to "restrict European customers from moving their current Microsoft workloads to competitors’ clouds—despite there being no technical barriers to doing so—or impose what Microsoft admits is a striking 400 percent price markup."

As Microsoft sees it, Google is attacking Microsoft to distract regulators who continue to threaten to dismantle its core businesses in search and online advertising.

Alaily suggested in Monday's post that Google hired advisory firm DGA Group to set up the Open Cloud Coalition.

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