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Innovation – Open source encourages innovation, as developers can change, improve, or update the code and design, and can create features or apps that they desire.Competitiveness – When individual users are using open-source across different platforms, they are building a healthy, competitive spirit.

#NEXTCLOUD EUROPEAN COMMISSION MICROSOFT ONEDRIVE SOFTWARE#

You’re free to choose what hardware and software you use on a daily basis without the interference from big technology companies.

Technological Independence – Open-source allows for 100% independence over your data and what you do with it.

The main breakthrough of this study is that open-source benefits the public good and that it increases technological independence, competitiveness, and innovation in the EU economy. Last September, the European Commission published a comprehensive study about the impact of open-source software and hardware on the EU economy.

Nextcloud server For self-hosting on your server.Try Nextcloud Try Nextcloud on our live demo.Sign up now Get free account at a provider.Desktop & mobile apps Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS.Enterprise solution For mission-critical use.Nextcloud Enterprise For mission-critical use.Nextcloud at home For families, students & you.Nextcloud Office Real time document collaboration.Nextcloud Groupware Calendar, Contacts & Mail.Nextcloud Talk Calls, chat and web meetings.Microsoft has not commented on the complaint publicly. Nextcloud has also filed a complaint with German antitrust authorities and there are plans to file a similar complaint in France. The complaint with the EC is not the only complaint against Microsoft over allegations of anticompetitive behavior. “Together with the other members of the coalition, we are asking the antitrust authorities in Europe to enforce a level playing field, giving customers a free choice and to give competition a fair chance.” “This kind of behavior is bad for the consumer, for the market and, of course, for local businesses in the EU,” Nextcloud Chief Executive Officer Frank Karlitschek said in a statement. The demands are, first, no gatekeeping by bundling, pre-installing or pushing Microsoft services for a level playing field, and second, open standards and interoperability that make an easy migration possible. The coalition, which along with Nextcloud includes 27 other companies and groups, notable among them LibreOffice, the Document Foundation and the Free Software Foundation Europe, have two demands for the EU. “Behavior like this is at the core of this growth of the tech giants and has to be stopped.” “In the wider context, you see that over the last years, Microsoft, Google and Amazon have grown their market share to 66% of the total European market, with local providers contracting from 26% to 16%,” the coalition noted.

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The obvious parallel to the complaint is Microsoft bundling Internet Explorer with Windows in the late 1990s and the coalition specifically mentions the famous case.Īlthough the complaint is targeted at Microsoft, the coalition also mentions Google LLC and Amazon Web Services Inc. 26 statement, making it “nearly impossible to compete with their SaaS services.” Specific mention is made of OneDrive and Teams being a default part of Windows 11. “Microsoft is integrating 365 deeper and deeper in their service and software portfolio, including Windows,” the coalition claimed in a Nov. The “Coalition for a Level Playing Field” claims that Microsoft is engaging in anticompetitive behavior in bundling services with Windows.

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bundling services, including OneDrive, with Windows 10 and 11. A coalition of European Union companies and groups led by Nextcloud GmbH has filed a complaint with the European Commission over Microsoft Corp.