Google is unimpressed with Microsoft’s plans to change its licensing on its cloud products.
Microsoft’s licensing changes, going into effect on 1 October claim to enable more expansive software rights and lower-cost customer solutions.
However, its rival Google claims the changes ignore the crux of the company’s most anti-competitive cloud practices.
Google Cloud Vice President of Government Affairs and Policy Marcus Jadotte said the changes still allow Vole to stifle competition with the most widely used competitor cloud services, including Google Cloud and AWS, and limiting customer choice.
Jadotte said: “The promise of the cloud is flexible, elastic computing without contractual lock-ins. Customers should be able to move freely across platforms and choose the technology that works best for them, rather than what works best for Microsoft.”
