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Microsoft doesn't have to be cheapest. Just competitive
The thing Microsoft has going for it is that there are literally millions of developers and hundreds of thousands of ISV's who use .NET and build on Microsoft platforms. Moving to Windows Azure will be a pretty easy choice for most of them. What else are they going to use? Google AppEngine is a nice toy but not something most businesses will use. Amazon is intresting but you still have to deal with managing your own VM's, update your own OS images, updating your application yourself and managing the replication and distribution of your application yourself. Most of that goes away with Windows Azure.
Posted by: marksashton   Posted on: 07/14/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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The Zune of cloud computing  Chad_z | 07/06/09
Nothing Wrong with Zune  jdbukis@... | 07/06/09
Azure might actually be great for you...  johnmullinax | 07/06/09
This stuff is gold;-)  Richard Flude | 07/06/09
Nothing wrong with Hotmail  Cayble | 07/06/09
Alternatives...  mrgoose | 07/07/09
This isn't anything like Azure  Playos | 07/08/09
Google App Engine is the only similar offering I know of  markrendle | 07/09/09
RE: Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go?  samjohnston | 07/06/09
RE: Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go?  amywohl | 07/07/09
Azure *could* really help the little guy  TimoG | 07/07/09
The Competition  markrendle | 07/09/09
Sorry but at this point Google AppEngine is an interesting goy  marksashton | 07/14/09
RE: Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go?  Carl Brooks | 07/09/09
Microsoft doesn't have to be cheapest. Just competitive  marksashton | 07/14/09

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