European Cloud Competition Observatory created to keep an eye on software licensing

The Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) consortium has launched the European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) to keep an eye on software licensing practices in the sector. ECCO has come about as a result of CISPE's agreement with Microsoft in July to settle a competition complaint filed with the …

[s. pam]

Incoming lawsuit?

ECCO is a registered TM and (R) as well as (C) of the Ecco shoes company. Shirley they're going to not be happy to see their brand damaged by the EU!

Note: https://group.ecco.com/

[JT_3K]

I remember going to Bulgaria to see some of my team. They joked over a beer at some point that most "problems" can be sorted out in Bulgaria for ~50 LEV (£22/$27). You want a cigarette but your hotel room is non-smoking and you don't want to go downstairs? Fine of 50 LEV. Parked where you shouldn't? Fine of 50 LEV. At some point this became the cost of doing these things, rather than a punitive damage for having done so.

At what point does Microsoft believe that the $10-30m is significantly less than the monies earned from doing nothing and wait to pay it again - like Ford and the Pinto?

[Anonymous Coward]

Funny How The Pain Recedes......

Quote: "....to identify unfair software licensing practices ...."

Quote: "....Unfair licensing practices limit choice...."

Since 1986 I have bought around fourteen PCs. Each time I paid $100 to Microsoft - without knowing that I did so - you know...Tandon, CompuAdd, IBM, Compaq, Toshiba, HP, Acer.....and so on.

This pattern continues till today. Every time I buy a retail computer, I pay Microsoft.

Does "not knowing you are paying" count as unfair?

Does "not knowing how much you are paying" count as unfair?

Ah.....but the pain has gone way down since 1999.........since then every machine has has a bare metal install of RedHat or Fedora!!