Using free trials to lock government and military into expensive subscriptions?
Microsoft hasreceiveda subpoena to turn information over to the US Federal Trade Commission amid accusations of anticompetitive behavior.
The company’s wide-ranging cybersecurity agreement with multiple federal agencies may violate antitrust law.
Asreportedlast month, Microsoft’s cloud business, Azure, is a primary focus of the FTC’s investigation.
Federal divisions that switched to the company’s platform eventually bought more products that ran on Azure.
A former Microsoft salesperson compared the process to getting a customer addicted to crack.
A traditional round of bidding followed by a heterogeneous security policy might have lowered prices and boosted cybersecurity resilience.
Moreover, the SolarWinds hack occurred due to a vulnerability in Microsoft’s software.
