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Re:Azure price cuts, now with node.js and MongoDB by balakk on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @08:39AM (#3347416)
> until they start offering Linux nodes, which will, in all certainty, never happen.

I wouldn't be too sure - it is a serious gap in their offering, and MS can be pragmatic if it's to their advantage.

> How does it deal with autoscaling?

It doesn't, you've to do it yourself. What they do is make it (relatively) easy to spin-up new instances. There are also tools/frameworks that automate some of the tasks.

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Re:Azure price cuts, now with node.js and MongoDB by rbanffy on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @08:51AM (#3347444)
> MS can be pragmatic if it's to their advantage.

That's one point. I can't imagine any circumstance in which this would be advantageous to them.

> What they do is make it (relatively) easy to spin-up new instances.

Cool. Sometimes you are gifted with an application that will only run on Windows and nothing else.

When life gives you lemons, get salt and tequila.

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