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This is nonsensical, I am a pretty big Microsoft advocate, but there is no need in this. Whatever bonehead in Microsoft thought of this should be fired.

jason0597 5y ago
What does being a Microsoft Advocate entail exactly?
- partiallypro 5y ago
  I really like Windows, Azure and O365 and believe they have no real competition, especially when paired together. I can install Ubuntu or other Linux distros on my Windows PC, connect to my Azure VM or container easily and O365 is just simply unmatched, as hard as others try. So I advocate Azure and O365 especially and am harshly critical of Apple/Google. Microsoft generally handles the cloud aspect very well but seems still a bit lost on the OS side. Which is a bit insane to me, especially when sales skyrocketed during COVID, and Windows 11 is generally pretty solid at this point.
  - faeriechangling 5y ago
    What I can’t help notice about o365 is that the web versions are less buggy and more stable and are catching up in feature completeness. Desktop outlook needs to be purged with fire. This makes me wonder for how long it will be necessary to use Windows to get the full o365 experience.
  - blibble 5y ago
    how exactly does Azure have no competition? I have to use Azure at work, and in my experience it's a worse version of AWS/GCP: - standard MS random indecipherable errors in the GUI (error 0x68482233: consult system administrator) - extremely slow UI performance in the GUI - extremely slow VM performance running their OS (even though it has 4 VCPUs, 32gb of RAM and a giant SSD) it's a standard MS product, one where they (badly) copy the features of their competitors, and it only sells because they bundle it with their other crappy products which your company is already locked into
    - partiallypro 5y ago
      I never said Azure has no competition? I said when paired with their other products they have no competitor. As far as your VM, it is probably not configured properly. The GCP dashboard to me is incredibly confusing, but most power users use CLI anyhow. I've used AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean and Azure. I prefer Azure myself, though I understand different providers do better at different needs. The only Azure product I've had problems with are their Webapps, which compared to things like Beanstalk and Elastic Compute are just terrible.
      - blibble 5y ago
        > I never said Azure has no competition? literally the first part of your post: > I really like Windows, Azure and O365 and believe they have no real competition
- parkingrift 5y ago
- pessimizer 5y ago
  Not a Microsoft Advocate, a Microsoft advocate.
sydbarrett74 5y ago
That would be Nadella. He has major Google envy.
encryptluks2 5y ago
> I am a pretty big Microsoft advocate That is why they keep doing this. Despite Microsoft's past, it seems like you still advocate for them. This would be like someone still advocating for Hitler.
- SauciestGNU 5y ago
  There's currently a land war in Europe, adjacent to Poland. Let's not reductio-ad-hitlerem operating system adverts.

jason0597 5y ago

What does being a Microsoft Advocate entail exactly?

partiallypro 5y ago
I really like Windows, Azure and O365 and believe they have no real competition, especially when paired together. I can install Ubuntu or other Linux distros on my Windows PC, connect to my Azure VM or container easily and O365 is just simply unmatched, as hard as others try. So I advocate Azure and O365 especially and am harshly critical of Apple/Google. Microsoft generally handles the cloud aspect very well but seems still a bit lost on the OS side. Which is a bit insane to me, especially when sales skyrocketed during COVID, and Windows 11 is generally pretty solid at this point.
- faeriechangling 5y ago
  What I can’t help notice about o365 is that the web versions are less buggy and more stable and are catching up in feature completeness. Desktop outlook needs to be purged with fire. This makes me wonder for how long it will be necessary to use Windows to get the full o365 experience.
- blibble 5y ago
  how exactly does Azure have no competition? I have to use Azure at work, and in my experience it's a worse version of AWS/GCP: - standard MS random indecipherable errors in the GUI (error 0x68482233: consult system administrator) - extremely slow UI performance in the GUI - extremely slow VM performance running their OS (even though it has 4 VCPUs, 32gb of RAM and a giant SSD) it's a standard MS product, one where they (badly) copy the features of their competitors, and it only sells because they bundle it with their other crappy products which your company is already locked into
  - partiallypro 5y ago
    I never said Azure has no competition? I said when paired with their other products they have no competitor. As far as your VM, it is probably not configured properly. The GCP dashboard to me is incredibly confusing, but most power users use CLI anyhow. I've used AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean and Azure. I prefer Azure myself, though I understand different providers do better at different needs. The only Azure product I've had problems with are their Webapps, which compared to things like Beanstalk and Elastic Compute are just terrible.
    - blibble 5y ago
      > I never said Azure has no competition? literally the first part of your post: > I really like Windows, Azure and O365 and believe they have no real competition
parkingrift 5y ago
pessimizer 5y ago
Not a Microsoft Advocate, a Microsoft advocate.

sydbarrett74 5y ago

That would be Nadella. He has major Google envy.

encryptluks2 5y ago

> I am a pretty big Microsoft advocate That is why they keep doing this. Despite Microsoft's past, it seems like you still advocate for them. This would be like someone still advocating for Hitler.

SauciestGNU 5y ago
There's currently a land war in Europe, adjacent to Poland. Let's not reductio-ad-hitlerem operating system adverts.