Microsoft has accused Google of building a lobby front in Europe to take action against Microsoft. In a blog post dated Oct. 28, Rima Alaily, Microsoft corporate vice president and deputy general counsel, described the recently founded Open Cloud Coalition (OCC), allegedly financed and controlled by Google, as an “astroturf group.” Its sole aim, according to Alaily, is to discredit Microsoft with competition authorities and political decision-makers and to mislead the public. The Open Cloud Coalition apparently launched on Oct. 29, one day after Alaily’s allegation. Founding members of the OCC…