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Microsoft chairman explains how Satya Nadella won the cloud wars

9 points by indigodaddy 7y ago

sambal 7y ago
Paywalled and the title here is quite different from the source, did BI change it?
- Tomte 7y ago
  It is the original title. <title> and <h1> often disagree.
fergie 7y ago
The article is paywalled but I'm fairly certain that Microsoft are currently no better than second in the "cloud wars"
- cbcoutinho 7y ago
  The title of tfa even says 'poised to win' - not sure why OP changed the title like this
  - StreamBright 7y ago
    Title: microsoft-chairman-explains-how-satya-nadella-won-the-cloud-wars
- StreamBright 7y ago
  BI is really clickbaity and often wrong. https://zdnet2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2018/02/09/1a47f155-1262-4ead-838d-97ec0e662d09/resize/770xauto/1c0e60f3350a67160b54debb5c002a0b/stacking-up-cloud-vendors-2018-right-scale-2.png https://zdnet2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2018/02/09/1a47f155-12...
- foobarian 7y ago
  I took it to mean "within Microsoft" and that made sense.
- Beltiras 7y ago
  Someone needs to tell Jeff he lost.
  - avryhof 7y ago
    ?
mikece 7y ago
Isn't it a bit premature to say that anyone has won the cloud wars? Most assume it's a two-horse race between AWS and Azure but Google is aggressively marketing their cloud ($750/month in GCP credits for 3 years, trying to get you hooked) and IBM's acquisition of Red Hat might be more about OpenStack and bolstering their cloud efforts than anything else. And don't forget "third tier" providers like Digital Ocean, Linode, Rackspace, and many, many other small companies who have long-standing relationships with local and regional IT decision makers and who have benefited by acquiring the best IT talent leaving companies upon "migrating to the cloud." Azure certainly has momentum but I think it's far too early to call a winner in this race.
- whydoineedthis 7y ago
  Where are you getting $750/month in GCP credits for 3 years? I'm not debating you, I want to go get that!
  - mikece 7y ago
    No sooner than I posted that I began to wonder if I mis-heard that number (pretty sure I heard that number on a podcast... which now that I think of it, might have been hyperbole to make the point that Google really wants people to check out GCP and, ideally, get hooked). Microsoft had their BizSpark program which granted $150/month in Azure credits plus operating system, server, and enterprise edition developer licenses for three years, a value that comes to far more than $750 a month if you really use to its maximum potential. The best I can find at the moment is $300 but I don't know if this is per month and if it's just limited to K8S research/education or not: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/google-cloud-grants-9m-in-credits-for-the-operation-of-the-kubernetes-project https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/google-cloud-gran...
  - yread 7y ago
    Startups get 3000$. And they are eligible for another 17000$ in credits I've heard. Not sure what the criteria is though.
whydoineedthis 7y ago
Microsoft Chairman explains why Microsoft CEO "won/will win" the cloud wars. It's like getting my son to explain why I'm "The Worlds Best Dad". Could be true, but probably subjective at best.

9 points by indigodaddy 7y ago

sambal 7y ago

Paywalled and the title here is quite different from the source, did BI change it?

Tomte 7y ago
It is the original title. <title> and <h1> often disagree.

fergie 7y ago

The article is paywalled but I'm fairly certain that Microsoft are currently no better than second in the "cloud wars"

cbcoutinho 7y ago
The title of tfa even says 'poised to win' - not sure why OP changed the title like this
- StreamBright 7y ago
  Title: microsoft-chairman-explains-how-satya-nadella-won-the-cloud-wars
StreamBright 7y ago
BI is really clickbaity and often wrong. https://zdnet2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2018/02/09/1a47f155-1262-4ead-838d-97ec0e662d09/resize/770xauto/1c0e60f3350a67160b54debb5c002a0b/stacking-up-cloud-vendors-2018-right-scale-2.png https://zdnet2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2018/02/09/1a47f155-12...
foobarian 7y ago
I took it to mean "within Microsoft" and that made sense.
Beltiras 7y ago
Someone needs to tell Jeff he lost.
- avryhof 7y ago
  ?

mikece 7y ago

Isn't it a bit premature to say that anyone has won the cloud wars? Most assume it's a two-horse race between AWS and Azure but Google is aggressively marketing their cloud ($750/month in GCP credits for 3 years, trying to get you hooked) and IBM's acquisition of Red Hat might be more about OpenStack and bolstering their cloud efforts than anything else. And don't forget "third tier" providers like Digital Ocean, Linode, Rackspace, and many, many other small companies who have long-standing relationships with local and regional IT decision makers and who have benefited by acquiring the best IT talent leaving companies upon "migrating to the cloud." Azure certainly has momentum but I think it's far too early to call a winner in this race.

whydoineedthis 7y ago
Where are you getting $750/month in GCP credits for 3 years? I'm not debating you, I want to go get that!
- mikece 7y ago
  No sooner than I posted that I began to wonder if I mis-heard that number (pretty sure I heard that number on a podcast... which now that I think of it, might have been hyperbole to make the point that Google really wants people to check out GCP and, ideally, get hooked). Microsoft had their BizSpark program which granted $150/month in Azure credits plus operating system, server, and enterprise edition developer licenses for three years, a value that comes to far more than $750 a month if you really use to its maximum potential. The best I can find at the moment is $300 but I don't know if this is per month and if it's just limited to K8S research/education or not: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/google-cloud-grants-9m-in-credits-for-the-operation-of-the-kubernetes-project https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/google-cloud-gran...
- yread 7y ago
  Startups get 3000$. And they are eligible for another 17000$ in credits I've heard. Not sure what the criteria is though.

whydoineedthis 7y ago

Microsoft Chairman explains why Microsoft CEO "won/will win" the cloud wars. It's like getting my son to explain why I'm "The Worlds Best Dad". Could be true, but probably subjective at best.