Microsoft will donate $1B in cloud services to nonprofits and universities

Re:Microsoft will donate $1B in cloud services to nonprofits... by nrb on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @09:16PM (#10935625)

Because if you give 1 billion dollars away, you are 1 billion less wealthy. If you give away 1 billion dollars worth of Azure credits, you are some much smaller percentage of 1 billion less wealthy, and the recipient is still receiving 1 billion in value.

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Re:Microsoft will donate $1B in cloud services to nonprofits... by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @11:01PM (#10935998)

> you are some much smaller percentage of 1 billion less wealthy, and the recipient is still receiving 1 billion in value.

Would you mind explaining how one can create value merely by donating?

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Re:Microsoft will donate $1B in cloud services to nonprofits... by xg15 on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @06:36AM (#10937387)

Only because you declare that something has the value of 1 billion doesn't make it so.

First, you're not giving away physical goods, but eligibility for a service - but what exactly this service entails and how useful it is can still change in the future.

Second, it's a service that requires a substantial level of commitment from your clients - a commitment that causes risks for the clients in its own (lock-in) as discussed in many other places in this thread.

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