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Wow, kudos to the SO team for making the right choice for them. Too many companies/individuals fall for this type of aggressive sales pitch and end up paying fo

• chollida1 16y ago
  > Kinda a blow for Azure...can't give it away.. To be fair, the author did say this: >It is important to note that these issues are by no means specific to Azure; similar teething issues affect other Platform-As-A-Service providers such as Google App Engine and Heroku. When you are using a PAAS you are giving up a lot of control to the service provider. The service provider chooses which applications you can run and imposes a series of restrictions. So it's a "blow" to Google App Engine and Heroku as well.
  • latch 16y ago
    Going into details about the problems a platform has, and then sweeping everyone else along is a bit weak. I've used Heroku enough (not too much though), to know that it doesn't suffer from most (any?) of the listed issues.
    • silverlight 16y ago
      I thought it was telling that they linked to an article where someone discusses the shortcomings of App Engine but just linked to the main Heroku site. Sweeping everyone else under the same rug (or attempting to) just feels like a "we're complaining about your Azure platform's shortcomings, but hey, we can still be friends, see, we'll try to throw everyone else under the bus, too".
      • pronoiac 16y ago
        The linked critique of App Engine dates from 2008 - many of the complaints are simply outdated.