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The Document Foundation, home to free and open-source office productivity suite LibreOffice, is among the 29 European organisations that joined Nextcloud in its complaint.

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Nextcloud also pointed out in its post that the current anti-competitive behaviour by Microsoft is what happened in the late 1990s when Microsoft bundled Internet Explorer with Windows вЂњthereby destroying Netscape.вЂќ Healthy competition drives innovation and creates the best products and the most choice for customers,вЂќ Slack said in a statement at the time. вЂњSlack simply wants fair competition and a level playing field.

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It also claimed MicrosoftвЂ™s software blocked its removal, and hid вЂњthe true cost to enterprise customers.вЂќ

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In June, Slack filed an anti-trust complaint with the European Commission arguing that Microsoft illegally tied its Teams offering into its market-dominant Office productivity suite, which forced millions to install it. This is not the first time Microsoft has been accused of anti-competitive practices in recent months. вЂњWe want government to take action and force Microsoft to allow for a level playing field.вЂќ вЂњThis gives consumers a free choice,вЂќ the group said on its Coalition for a Level Playing Field website. It also asked the EU commission to support open standards and interoperability that make an easy migration possible. Nextcloud is demanding the EU stop Microsoft from вЂњgate keepingвЂќ by bundling, pre-installing, or pushing Microsoft services for a level playing field. вЂњThis enables people to access their files from multiple devices and keeps documents and photos safe if a device breaks.вЂќ вЂњPeople expect modern operating systems to provide secure and reliable cloud storage functionality whether theyвЂ™re using a computer, tablet, or phone from any provider,вЂќ the spokesperson said. вЂњThe cloud services market is generally recognised to be of strategic importance to the development of the overall digital sector in the EU.вЂќДЄ Microsoft spokesperson said in an email response to Computerworld that the company makes вЂњit easy for people to select and use other storage options instead of or in addition to OneDrive, and many people do. The European Commission should take a position in this context,вЂќ Nextcloud said. Other Big Tech firms are showing similar conduct.

вЂњThere are deliberate, abusive practices and those practices are no accidents. вЂњThis should be addressed without any further delay.вЂќ вЂњBehavior as described above is at the core of this dramatic level of growth of the global tech giants in Europe,вЂќ Karlitschek said. вЂњIt illustrates anti-competitive practices such as вЂself-preferencingвЂ™ on the basis of the market dominance of Windows.вЂќДЇrank Karlitschek, CEO and founder of Nextcloud, also pointed out in his blog that over the last several years, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon have grown their market shares to 66 per cent of the total European market, while local European software and service providers have declined from 26 per cent to 16 per cent. вЂњMicrosoftвЂ™s combination of the dominant Windows (operating software) with the OneDrive (cloud) offering makes it nearly impossible to compete with their SaaS services,вЂќ Nextcloud said in a blog post.

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