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they can still take advantage of existing cloud technologies running on their own servers. And guess what, the CTO and CFO and COO will very much care about li
by SonicSoul 9y ago
they can still take advantage of existing cloud technologies running on their own servers.
And guess what, the CTO and CFO and COO will very much care about licensing cost of each CPU running windows or sql server, vs FREE on Linux.
- cptskippy 9y agoThis is where Microsoft is going with Azure. Compared to other platforms, setting up a local instance of Azure is pretty painless and allows you to spin up resources locally that are identical to the Cloud.
- ynniv 9y agoYou're thinking about your own app servers. No one cares about the cost of Windows when you're running someone else's proprietary desktop software on it.
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago> No one cares about the cost of Windows when you're running someone else's proprietary desktop software on it This is a small and shrinking corner of the market. Valuable. But still a corner.
- ynniv 9y agoIt may be shrinking, but it isn't small.
- ams6110 9y ago> the CTO and CFO and COO will very much care about licensing cost of each CPU running windows or sql server, vs FREE on Linux They haven't really up until now have they? MS licenses are not a big part of the IT budget compared to the people needed to run an in-house data center (typically staffed 24x7)