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The agency had targeted numerous online giants in the past. "We are examining the complaint," a spokesman said. The Bundeskartellamt confirmed receipt of the letter. This leads to a "difficult position for Microsoft to attack for competitors." Microsoft is abusing its Windows monopoly to push its own cloud services to market, the newspaper quoted Nextcloud founder Frank Karlitschek as saying. Microsoft has created a "unique digital ecosystem in several strategically important markets in the digital sector," the letter said. The Teams cooperation platform also has a significant market share, as does the OneDrive cloud solution. company is using its power to sell bundled solutions for Microsoft Office. Nextcloud founder Frank Karlitschek claims that "Microsoft is abusing its Windows monopoly to bring its own cloud services to market."Īccording to the report, the U.S. The company has developed a system that enables data exchange between authorities. The report states that Microsoft has created a "unique digital ecosystem in several strategically important digital sector markets." This leads to a "difficult position for competitors who want to attack Microsoft." Plaintiff Nextcloud works for the federal government and its federal cloud, among others. In addition, there are Microsoft's activities in other areas, such as the Bing search engine or end devices. Nextcloud claims that the service is regularly displayed to Windows users during the relevant work steps. The collaboration platform Teams also has a significant market share, as does the cloud solution OneDrive.Īccusations of this kind against Microsoft are not new, but this time they are also and especially directed against the deep integration of the cloud solution. The US company used its power to sell bundled solutions for Microsoft Office.

Stuttgart-based software company Nextcloud has appealed to the Bundeskartellamt to investigate whether Microsoft has a dominant market position. The Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt), Germany's national competition regulator based in Bonn, would investigate whether there are bad coexistence practices and market monopolization by Microsoft.

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