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It feels like Microsoft is entering the next stage of the IBM lifecycle -- technology eliminates the value of the monopoly, and they're forced to find new ways
by JackFr 9y ago
It feels like Microsoft is entering the next stage of the IBM lifecycle -- technology eliminates the value of the monopoly, and they're forced to find new ways to make money, while they coast for a few years on market inertia.
Ultimately MS (like IBM) will not to be able to sell anything outside the C-suite, because anyone closer to the technology knows there are better cheaper solutions.
(But Xboxes...hmmmmm...maybe my view is a little to simplistic.)
- mistermann 9y agoHave you heard of Azure?
- swagtricker 9y agoYes. An compared to AWS it's been immature, buggy, unreliable, and caters to the admin acting like a button mashing monkey that tries to solve problems by turning things on/off in the Web UI instead of using a programmable repeatable, scriptable "environment as source". Hopefully, others have had better experiences, but so far I'm wanting to run away screaming.
- mistermann 9y ago> instead of using a programmable repeatable, scriptable "environment as source". https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/resource-group-authoring-templates https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manage... Thanks for the time capsule experience though, sometimes I miss the legendary zealotry of Slashdot.