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> Why do you people think that anything that isn't discussed constantly on HN is dying or dead? Their cloud revenue was $22 billion last year and climbing Beca
by jldugger 3y ago
> Why do you people think that anything that isn't discussed constantly on HN is dying or dead? Their cloud revenue was $22 billion last year and climbing
Because so many vendors decided to jump into this space, and there's a track record of using accounting tricks as a substitute for market success. Azure, for example, is believed to be obscured[1].
[1]: https://www.bigtechwire.com/2023/06/30/microsoft-azure-generated-34b-in-revenue-in-fy22-about-half-of-the-revenue-of-aws/ https://www.bigtechwire.com/2023/06/30/microsoft-azure-gener...
- manicennui 3y agoEven if their cloud revenue were half of what they reported, their offering would still be several times larger than DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, and several others combined. No one is claiming that IBM is the largest cloud provider, but come on.