French lawmakers take a swing at cloud monopolies
The Cloud Infrastructure Providers In Europe (CISPE) lobby group has welcomed an agreement among French lawmakers that it claims "will enshrine fair software licensing for cloud customers in French law."
The subject being tackled in France has reared its head among multiple competition agencies, with the UK collating feedback from market participants, the Federal Trade Commission doing likewise, and the EU investigating Microsoft's policies following complaints.
Google has accused Microsoft of running a cloud monopoly stateside, AWS has told the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that Microsoft software pricing in non-Azure clouds makes it "financially unviable" for customers to not choose Microsoft, and the EU's antitrust team is considering multiple aspects of Redmond's software licensing in the cloud.
The French agreement is the latest incarnation of France's digital bill, Sécuriser et réguler l'espace numérique (SREN), which is due to go before the French Senate today.
