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Blah, blah, Microsoft sucks, blah ... "AZURE IS GOING TO WIN".. Wait, what? Either this is off the mark or I'm missing a major initiative that could change the

by aneth4 14y ago

Blah, blah, Microsoft sucks, blah ... "AZURE IS GOING TO WIN".. Wait, what? Either this is off the mark or I'm missing a major initiative that could change the internet and save Microsoft. Is there a great article lingering about explaining why Azure is going to win?

onedev 14y ago
You summed up my reaction quite nicely.
crag 14y ago
Oh I think Azure will do well. And win in the Enterprise market. Look, outside the bubble of the bay area startup land - the world is different. MS Office is everywhere; SharePoint is everywhere; Windows Server is everywhere. MS is positioned very well. In the Enterprise world. Not consumer world. Outside of the xbox (nd that has it's issues as well) MS has already lost the consumer market. Consumers don't buy PC cause of Windows. The get Widows becuase it's the default OS on the PC they are buying. Most care-less what OS is running as long as they can check their email, play a few game and look at look/listen/create media.
- meaty 14y ago
  Yep the consumers buy a laptop because it is pink or cheap which usually ends up running windows as its the only thing at the price point. When they buy a tablet, they buy a shit no brand one running an ancient android release, realise it sucks and just go and buy a shit windows laptop. Less than ten percent of consumers are not moronic enough to buy something better the first time. The businesses buy windows because its good enough and already works for what they need and they don't want to learn it all again. I live in an expensive bit of London where people can afford i-this and that and everyone still had cheap pink laptops running windows. Phones are different but there is a definite shift towards blackberry and windows phone around me from iPhones. Most people whinge about their iPhone these days.

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Blah, blah, Microsoft sucks, blah ... "AZURE IS GOING TO WIN".. Wait, what? Either this is off the mark or I'm missing a major initiative that could change the

by aneth4 14y ago

onedev 14y ago
You summed up my reaction quite nicely.
crag 14y ago
Oh I think Azure will do well. And win in the Enterprise market. Look, outside the bubble of the bay area startup land - the world is different. MS Office is everywhere; SharePoint is everywhere; Windows Server is everywhere. MS is positioned very well. In the Enterprise world. Not consumer world. Outside of the xbox (nd that has it's issues as well) MS has already lost the consumer market. Consumers don't buy PC cause of Windows. The get Widows becuase it's the default OS on the PC they are buying. Most care-less what OS is running as long as they can check their email, play a few game and look at look/listen/create media.
- meaty 14y ago
  Yep the consumers buy a laptop because it is pink or cheap which usually ends up running windows as its the only thing at the price point. When they buy a tablet, they buy a shit no brand one running an ancient android release, realise it sucks and just go and buy a shit windows laptop. Less than ten percent of consumers are not moronic enough to buy something better the first time. The businesses buy windows because its good enough and already works for what they need and they don't want to learn it all again. I live in an expensive bit of London where people can afford i-this and that and everyone still had cheap pink laptops running windows. Phones are different but there is a definite shift towards blackberry and windows phone around me from iPhones. Most people whinge about their iPhone these days.