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Re:Google’s cloud business under Greene was plagued by inter... by chibg10 on Thursday November 22, 2018 @12:44PM (#18511329)
The margins may well have shrunk significantly by the time the "long-term" materializes though.

Cloud computing seems to me like an industry at high-risk of being commotitized after the initial gold rush -- similar to smartphones. If that's the case, I'm not sure it makes sense to prioritize the future over today.

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Re:Google’s cloud business under Greene was plagued by inter... by em500 on Thursday November 22, 2018 @01:02PM (#18511428)
"Commotitized" is not synonymous with low profit. There are at least a half dozen oil companies doing a few billion/qrt in profit.
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Re:Google’s cloud business under Greene was plagued by inter... by MediumD on Thursday November 22, 2018 @01:10PM (#18511481)
Are smartphones really a commodity, when people spend hundreds of dollars more on the iPhone vs. Android competitors? With any platform certain aspects will become commotitized, but when you have to choose between building on one ecosystem or another, there will always be room for differentiation.
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