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Fair point. If you take it directly on a Walmart scale, then I'll argue that you can't outcompete Microsoft. Note that you need to bring your own ID, Auth, Off
by ArcHound 1y ago
Fair point.
If you take it directly on a Walmart scale, then I'll argue that you can't outcompete Microsoft. Note that you need to bring your own ID, Auth, Office, desktop system, etc.
If you have a smaller scale, then you've invested less resources into MS therefore you have a lesser budget to work with.
- graemep 1y agoI wonder. Even Walmart is still not operating at the scale the hyperscalers do, and their systems will be far less varied, far more homogenous and under their own control. They are big enough for a lot of economies of scale to kick in. > Note that you need to bring your own ID, Auth, Office, desktop system, etc. Do Microsoft entirely manage all these systems for them? Otherwise they just swap managing one system for another. A quick search seems to show Walmart do hire sysadmins so the current cost on top of what they pay MS is not zero.
- ArcHound 1y agoThe article I've linked about Walmart talked about Azure costs. So I'd say that yes, MS mostly manages the systems for them. Also, they need some of those hyperscale goodies as they need to work with load spikes e.g. on a Black Friday.