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F500/government are conservative and tend to stick with the vendors they know, which is why Azure has gained so much traction despite being worse than AWS & GCP

F500/government are conservative and tend to stick with the vendors they know, which is why Azure has gained so much traction despite being worse than AWS & GCP pretty much across the board. Trust in handling data doesn't really come into this; if anything Google has a very strong reputation for security.

js4ever 2y ago
Tell that to UniSuper: https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/google-cloud-accidentally-deletes-125-billion-australian-pension-fund-124051800606_1.html https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/google-cloud-ac...
- decimalenough 2y ago
  That was a billing fuckup that had nothing to do with security.
re-thc 2y ago
> F500/government are conservative and tend to stick with the vendors they know, which is why Azure has gained so much traction Outcome is the same, but being "conservative" isn't the real reason. Adding a vendor requires compliance work, process, finance etc that it's just effort. 99% of medium-large companies use Microsoft in some form so Azure can skip all of that to some extent.
- Jensson 2y ago
  That is what he meant with conservative, ie trying to not do new things because it takes more work to change.
  - re-thc 2y ago
    > ie trying to not do new things because it takes more work to change That's not what the word conservative means, not by the dictionary or even politically. Conservative is the averse to change or to hold traditional values without logic. It's more like a type of fear. Even if the change was easy or have 0 cost, a conservative entity won't do it.
    - mejthemage 2y ago
      Why did you copy the dictionary's definition nearly perfectly, but then add "without logic"? In many cases, the conservative approach to a problem is prudent because the old ways work whereas there is more risk and uncertainty with new. That's not fear, it's wisdom.
mdhb 2y ago
Agreed, they are literal generations ahead of Microsoft in real life.

js4ever 2y ago

Tell that to UniSuper: https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/google-cloud-accidentally-deletes-125-billion-australian-pension-fund-124051800606_1.html https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/google-cloud-ac...

decimalenough 2y ago
That was a billing fuckup that had nothing to do with security.

re-thc 2y ago

> F500/government are conservative and tend to stick with the vendors they know, which is why Azure has gained so much traction Outcome is the same, but being "conservative" isn't the real reason. Adding a vendor requires compliance work, process, finance etc that it's just effort. 99% of medium-large companies use Microsoft in some form so Azure can skip all of that to some extent.

Jensson 2y ago
That is what he meant with conservative, ie trying to not do new things because it takes more work to change.
- re-thc 2y ago
  > ie trying to not do new things because it takes more work to change That's not what the word conservative means, not by the dictionary or even politically. Conservative is the averse to change or to hold traditional values without logic. It's more like a type of fear. Even if the change was easy or have 0 cost, a conservative entity won't do it.
  - mejthemage 2y ago
    Why did you copy the dictionary's definition nearly perfectly, but then add "without logic"? In many cases, the conservative approach to a problem is prudent because the old ways work whereas there is more risk and uncertainty with new. That's not fear, it's wisdom.

mdhb 2y ago

Agreed, they are literal generations ahead of Microsoft in real life.