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That’s a competition law thing. They charge AWS the right to use Windows - so Azure also needs to markup by a similar price, otherwise they would fall foul of
by andyferris 6y ago
That’s a competition law thing.
They charge AWS the right to use Windows - so Azure also needs to markup by a similar price, otherwise they would fall foul of antitrust regulations. It’s not legal to give Windows away for free on Azure but not AWS/GCP/anyone else who wants to rent a computer from their garage (I.e. essentially making Windows Server free-as-in-beer).