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Google's $500 Million Effort To Wreck Microsoft EU Cloud Deal Failed, Report Says
Ashley Belanger reports via Ars Technica: Google tried to derail a Microsoft antitrust settlement over anticompetitive software licensing in the European Union by offering a $500 million alternative deal to the group of cloud providers behind the EU complaint, Bloomberg reported. According to Bloom...
According to Bloomberg, Google's offer to the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) required that the group maintain its EU antitrust complaint. Bloomberg uncovered Google's attempted counteroffer after reviewing confidential documents and speaking to "people familiar with the matter." But CISPE did not take the bait, announcing last week that an agreement was reached with Microsoft, seemingly frustrating Google.
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