Slack files competition complaint against Microsoft in the EU - When users were made to choose between browsers most did not choose Explorer

Slack says it has filed an anti-competitive complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission. “The complaint details Microsoft’s illegal and anti-competitive practice of abusing its market dominance to extinguish competition in breach of European Union competition law,” says Slack in a statement. Slack alleges that Microsoft has “illegally tied” its Microsoft Teams product to Office and is “force installing it for millions, blocking its removal, and hiding the true cost to enterprise customers.”

Will be interesting to watch this. The sad fact is that many do NOT choose the best product for the job, especially governments who already have an agreement with Microsoft for some products. Because you have one or two products still means you should evaluate the market properly in the interests of competition, vendor lock-in, cost, interoperability, etc.

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Slack claims Microsoft’s bundling of Teams with Office is thwarting competition.

source https://gadgeteer.co.za/slack-files-competition-complaint-against-microsoft-eu-when-users-were-made-choose-between-browsers