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The change also applies only to the big four cloud providers: Microsoft, Alibaba, Amazon and Google. Any other cloud hosting provider, say Rackspace, can be us
by belltaco 7y ago
The change also applies only to the big four cloud providers: Microsoft, Alibaba, Amazon and Google.
Any other cloud hosting provider, say Rackspace, can be used with on-premise licenses.
- Someone1234 7y agoThat makes it even more anti-competitive, since it makes it readily apparent that they're leveraging one area (Server Licensing) to artificially stimulate another (Enterprise Cloud vis-a-vis Azure Vs. Azure). Hopefully the US Government doesn't deem Windows Server a monopoly or they're in deep trouble.
- Clubber 7y agoI wouldn't think Windows Server is anywhere close to a monopoly, unless you define it narrowly, like Windows Server is a monopoly for Exchange installs or something like that.
- Nullabillity 7y agoThey're a monopoly for companies that are already locked into Win32 or Win32-specific applications.
- scarface74 7y agoOnce again we have a definition of “monopoly” on HN that is nowhere near reality.
- 420codebro 7y agoWow real stumper - almost as if Microsoft has a monopoly on their own ecosystem. And Apple. Etc. Etc.