FTC digs deeper into Microsoft’s bundling and licensing practices

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) seems to be doubling down on its investigation of Microsoft and the tech giant’s potentially shady bundling and licensing practices. According to a Bloomberg report , the federal agency has been issuing civil investigative demands (CIDs) to companies that compete with Microsoft in the business software and cloud computing markets. CIDs are powerful, subpoena-like mandates used by government agencies to investigate potential violations of civil law, typically