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Google Cloud is amazing. Azure is terrible. Azure js for companies that, 15 years ago, were spending their budget on Windows. Great for "enterprises" that want
by MichaelGG 11y ago
Google Cloud is amazing. Azure is terrible. Azure js for companies that, 15 years ago, were spending their budget on Windows. Great for "enterprises" that want to "leverage cloud".
Azure is slow, expensive, poorly designed (network and SSD designs are just bad), and the real slap to the face is that the management UI Is worse than anything from Windows 8.
- crucifiction 11y ago"enterprises" that want to "leverage cloud" is where all of the money is. AWS is chasing that dragon too. There is way more money selling cloud stuff to Coca-Cola and GE than to software companies.
- MichaelGG 11y agoYeah I'm sure this can work out well for Microsoft. But let's not pretend they're in any way a good fit for the scenarios gcloud covers. I'd wager for most of the people on HN, or at least the "startup" focused ones that want a solid IaaS, Google blows Azure out of the water.
- eva1984 11y agoTrue. But selling to those companies, can hardly cultivate an ecosystem around it. Without vocal early adopters and evangelists in the wild, it is impossible for AWS to get to its current stage. Those people may not bring in that big of money, but they are willing to take risks and eagerly to give feedbacks, sharing their experience and come up with their own solution around it. The feedback loop is enclosed in that way, and the service can evolve with it. MS still doesn't hit that spot yet.