Things might get better thanks to the new Azure Appliances (which are only 6 months old). I said it when Azure first started: No one wants an abstract cloud.

Things might get better thanks to the new Azure Appliances (which are only 6 months old). I said it when Azure first started: No one wants an abstract cloud. Because it means they're stuck with that platform. If I'm on EC2 I can easily move to rackspace or my own private server. But with Azure I'd have to rewrite the whole darn program. The Azure Appliance doesn't completely solve that but at least it gives you the ability to move to your own data center. Which in turn should make Azure a little more viable (Though Amazon's stolen Azure's best trick with beanstalk)