Google allegedly sought to derail Microsoft antitrust pact with deal worth €470m

Google’s offer was conditional on CISPE maintaining its EU antitrust complaint into Microsoft’s allegedly abusive activities

Google offered CISPE €470m in software licences and cash so it would continue with its EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft. 

Google offered a group of EU-based cloud firms a package worth about €470m in a failed attempt to derail their antitrust settlement with Microsoft that freed the US software giant from a potentially costly EU case.

Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe, or CISPE, last week ditched a complaint at the EU’s antitrust arm over Microsoft’s software licensing processes after brokering a deal to get fairer access to the US firm’s technologies.