Common Dreams | Dec 18, 2024

• You know you’re making an impact when you’re challenging the status quo and ruffling feathers on both sides of the aisle. Regardless of Trump's arrival, she should stay at the FTC as long as she possibly can.

The Well News | Sep 24, 2024

• Make no mistake, the impact of July’s massive global CrowdStrike outage was the result of a software monopoly that has become a single point of failure for too much of the global economy.

The Dispatch | Jul 22, 2024

• But some also blame the concentration of the technology industry into a handful of companies and suggest that, if there were more viable alternatives to Microsoft or CrowdStrike, the faulty update’s effects would not have been as far-reaching. “Today’s massive global Microsoft outage is the result of a software monopoly that has become a single point of failure for too much of the global economy,” George Rakis, executive director of NextGen Competition—an organization that opposes market consolidation in the tech industry—said in a statement. “For decades, Microsoft’s pursuit of a vendor lock-in strategy has prevented the public and private sectors from diversifying their IT capabilities.”

The American Prospect | Jun 11, 2024

• “It’s like if you bought a car but then can only service it at the company’s own proprietary repair and gas stations,” said George Rakis, executive director of NextGen Competition.

CircleID | Feb 19, 2024

• Microsoft succumbing to a cyberattack due to vulnerabilities its own products is no surprise. The company has a history of failing to protect customers in the digital world it helped build. Why has Microsoft, a software pioneer and the most valuable company in the world, been able to neglect its cybersecurity responsibilities? One key reason: its size.

Common Dreams | Jan 20, 2024

• "Today's massive global Microsoft outage is the result of a software monopoly that has become a single point of failure for too much of the global economy," George Rakis, executive director of the advocacy group NextGen Competition, said in a statement.

The Washington Post | Nov 21, 2023

• The move could allow Microsoft “to acquire OpenAI's intellectual property with ZERO federal oversight or the need for regulatory approval,” warned George Rakis, executive director of the advocacy group NextGen Competition, in a statement.