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I think this is an awkward way of saying they tried to add an abstraction on top of their AWS dependencies so that their services would work on Azure without a

I think this is an awkward way of saying they tried to add an abstraction on top of their AWS dependencies so that their services would work on Azure without a refactor.

b112 3y ago
They don't use AWS, but primarily baremetal.
- b112 3y ago
  Also, this reminds me of the time Microsoft bought Hotmail, and couldn't port it to WinNT. They had to leave it on its BSD variant for a long time, NT couldn't handle it.
  - cplusplusfellow 3y ago
    I'm surprised it can today.
  - Scoundreller 3y ago
    Arstechnica forum discussion on the topic in 2001: https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/i-thought-hotmail-was-completely-off-freebsd.968201/ https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/i-thought-hotmail-was-...