UMicrosoft Ujongene Nezityholo Ezintsha Zokungathembeki kwiLifu UMicrosoft ujongene nophando olutsha lwe-antitrust. Abalawuli baphonononga ukuba ngaba isigebenga setekhnoloji silawule ngokungekho mthethweni i-computing yelifu kunye neentengiso zesoftware. Le miceli mngeni mitsha yezomthetho igxile kakhulu kwiinkqubo zokuhlanganisa amafu zikaMicrosoft. Njengoko inkampani ilungiselela ukhuselo lwayo, ihlengahlengisa ubunkokeli bayo obuphezulu bomthetho kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo. Olu hlaziyo lwesicwangciso lujolise ekomelezeni isikhundla sikaMicrosoft ngokuchasene nezi zoyikiso zibalulekileyo zolawulo. Iintshukumo ziqaqambisa uxinzelelo olukhulayo lwehlabathi kwiinkampani ezinkulu zetekhnoloji.
Ukulungelelaniswa ngokutsha kweDabi elisemthethweni: IiShifts eziphambili zobuNkokheli Ukujonga le meko inzima yezomthetho, iMicrosoft iqale utshintsho olukhulu kwisebe lezomthetho. Olu tshintsho lubeka iingcali ezinamava phambili kwisicwangciso sayo sokungathembeki. Ulungelelwaniso ngokutsha lujongwe nguMongameli weMicrosoft uBrad Smith. Ubunkokeli bakhe bubalulekile ekulungelelaniseni impendulo yenkampani kumaqumrhu olawulo kwihlabathi jikelele. Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ubuncinci abane abalawuli abakwinqanaba eliphezulu bafuduselwe kwimisebenzi emitsha, ebalulekileyo. Ubuchwephesha babo ngoku buzinikele ekuphatheni imimiselo ekhulayo ye-antitrust.
Dibana nabaPhathi abaPhambili boMthetho abaLawula uKhuselo Ukujongwa ngakumbi kwitshathi ye-org kubonisa abadlali abaphambili abakhokela ukhuseleko lweMicrosoft. Aba bantu bazisa amashumi eminyaka amava adibeneyo omthetho kunye nolawulo.
I-VP yesiGqeba kunye noMcebisi Jikelele: Wongamela sonke isicwangciso somthetho kunye nolawulo lwequmrhu. Usekela-Mcebisi Jikelele we-Antitrust: Ijolise ngokukodwa kwimiba ye-antitrust yehlabathi kunye nokumangalela. INtloko yeMicimbi yoShishino, yaNgaphandle, neyoMthetho (CELA): Ilawula umgaqo-nkqubo, isisa, kunye nentsebenziswano phakathi kukarhulumente namashishini abucala. IGosa eliyiNtloko lezoMthetho le-Cloud kunye ne-AI: Linikezelwe kwizinto ezinzima zomthetho zelifu likaMicrosoft kunye namashishini e-AI.
Eli qela linoxanduva lokwenza kunye nokusebenzisa iingxoxo zomthetho ngokuchasene neesuti zefu-bundling.
Umxholo: Ukusuka kwi-activision Victory ukuya kwi-Cloud Scrutiny Olu hlanganiso lusemthethweni luza emva koloyiso olukhulu lweMicrosoft. Ngaphantsi kweminyaka emithathu edlulileyo, inkampani ikhusele ngempumelelo i-75 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi zokufumana i-Activision Blizzard. I-Federal Trade Commission (FTC) yayimangalele ukuvala isivumelwano, ityhola ukuba iya kulimaza ukhuphiswano. Iqela lezomthetho likaMicrosoft lithe ngempumelelo ukufunyanwa kuya kunceda abathengi kunye neshishini lemidlalo. Olo kuphumelela lubonakalise amandla kunye nobuchule besebe lezomthetho likaMicrosoft. Nangona kunjalo, i-probes yangoku kwi-cloud bundling ibonisa umceli mngeni owahlukileyo kwaye onokuba mkhulu.
Zeziphi izityholo zokudityaniswa kwamafu? Iziko elitsha le-antitrust probes kwizityholo zokuba iMicrosoft isebenzisa ulawulo lwayo kwiimarike ezithile zesoftware ukuxhaphaza ngokungafanelekanga iinkonzo zayo zamafu, iAzure. Abalawuli kwi-EU kunye ne-US baphanda ukuba ngaba iMicrosoft idibanisa iimveliso ezifana ne-Ofisi 365 okanye iWindows ene-Azure ngeendlela ezichasene nokhuphiswano. Inkxalabo yeyokuba lo mkhuba wenza kube nzima kwiintshatsheli zamafu ezincinci ukukhuphisana. Oku asikokuqala ukudibana kukaMicrosoft nemiba yokungathembeki. Inkampani yajongana namatyala abalulekileyo ekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1990s nakwiminyaka yokuqala yee-2000 ngokudityaniswa kwe-Internet Explorer eneWindows.
Kutheni oku kuMlwa okusemthethweni kubalulekile kuShishino lobuGcisa Isiphumo sezi suti cloud-bundling kunokuba neziphumo ezikude. Iya kumisela umzekelo wendlela imithetho ye-antitrust esetyenziswa ngayo kwiimodeli zoshishino zanamhlanje ezisekwe ngamafu. Isigwebo esichasene neMicrosoft sinokunyanzelisa utshintsho olubalulekileyo kwindlela yona kunye nezinye ii-tech giants package kunye nokuthengisa iinkonzo zabo. Oku kunokuvula imarike kukhuphiswano olongezelelekileyo kunye nezinto ezintsha. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uloyiso lweMicrosoft luya kuqinisekisa imisebenzi yayo yangoku yeshishini. Iza kuphinda ibonise ibar ephezulu yabalawuli abafuna ukucela umngeni kwizicwangciso zamaqonga etekhnoloji abalaseleyo.
Iziphumo ezinokubakho kunye neziphumo
UPhononongo olwandisiweyo: Abanye ababoneleli ngamafu banokujongana nophando olufanayo kwimisebenzi yabo yeshishini. Izohlwayo eziLawulayo: UMicrosoft unokujongana nezohlwayo ezinkulu zemali ukuba ufunyenwe enetyala lokuziphatha okuchasene nokhuphiswano. Ukwahlulwa okunyanzelwayo: Kwimeko embi kakhulu, abalawuli banokufuna ukudityaniswa kweemveliso kunye neenkonzo ezithile. UShift kwiiModeli zeShishini: Lonke ishishini lesoftware linokufuna ukuphonononga kwakhona ukuba iimveliso zinelayisensi kwaye zithengiswa njani kwixesha lelifu.
Ukuqukumbela: Ukujonga imingeni yezomthetho entsonkothileyo Uhlengahlengiso lweMicrosoft lwabasebenzi bayo abasemthethweni lugxininisa ubunzulu bolu phando lutsha lwe-antitrust. Iinkampani izoba kumava ayo ukusuka kumadabi adlulileyo ukuze ibhinqe umlo osemthethweni onzima wokudityaniswa kwamafu. Iziphumo ziya kujongwa ngokusondeleyo kulo lonke icandelo lobuchwephesha. Baza kubumba umhlaba okhuphisanayo wecomputing yamafu kwiminyaka ezayo. Ukuhlala unolwazi malunga nezicwangciso zomthetho ezintsonkothileyo kubalulekile. Kuhlalutyo olucacileyo nolufutshane lophuhliso lweshishini elikhulu, qiniseka ukuba ulandela iimbono ezivela kwi-Seemless.