Re:The Windows 11 Trash Party
by dacryn on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @04:50AM
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it's insane how good Microsoft sales people are, if they manage to make Azure sell this well when GCP and AWS are objectively better at basically everything, including cost considerations.
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Either that, or your statement that “google cloud and AWS are objectively better at basically everything” is perhaps not shared by everyone.
Re:The Windows 11 Trash Party
by red-iron-pine on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @08:54AM
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Bundling licenses was what finally levered our management to Azure at a previous job. They didn't care what the OpEx was as long insane MSSQL license costs went down -- and they did. Azure was a PITA in all other ways, but they achieved that metric.
I also assumed "referral agent awards" also played a part.
it's insane how good Microsoft sales people are
Having seen Microsoft, Google and Amazon people 'pitch' their cloud solutions to a mid sized company I used to work for with quite 'normal' cloud needs, I can tell you it's not that MS sales people are great, but rather that Google and Amazon are terrible and can't be bothered to even make a serious effort for anything but the largest of deals.
Counterpoint on GCP: Way too risky to use as a small to medium business. Google has a known history of firing its customers without recourse.
Re:The Windows 11 Trash Party
by MichaelZuo on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @09:58AM
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From what I understand you do have the option to pay more for more assurances and higher touch support. It's just that the pricing will be the same, or even higher, than Azure.