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Re:Nvidia announces its most powerful AI chip as it seeks to... by fragmede on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @07:20AM (#39754641)
Eh I mean Google moved GCP's revenue around because Microsoft was doing that to make Azure look bigger than GCP. If you can't beat em, join em. Google's got long term contracts with a lot of companies and the government, so GCP isn't going to shut down anytime soon. Their consumer products division has problems with product longevy, but we're not paying them corporation level money or signing serious contracts when buying a Stadia subscription. So it's just business.

What I've heard is Azure is a pain in the ass, and things take three times as long to set up there, for some reason. There's also Oracle cloud but you hear way less about them. out there.

Re:Nvidia announces its most powerful AI chip as it seeks to... by blagie on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @08:15AM (#39754953)
Having been down this road a few times, this:

> What I've heard is Azure is a pain in the ass, and things take three times as long to set up there, for some reason.

Doesn't matter. The cost here is a rounding error. What does matter is something like this:

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate...

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/05/Google-Docs-...

https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/elev...

https://killedbygoogle.com/

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/g-suite-free-shutdown

Etc.

These sorts of behaviors take out whole swaths of businesses wholesale. It's random, and you never know when it will happen to you.

It's the difference between managing a classroom with:

- an annoying kid throwing spitballs every day (Azure)

- the quiet kid who, one day, brings an assault rifle, a few extra mags, and starts spraying bullets into the cafeteria (Google).

Yes, one is a constant source of annoyance, but really, it's very manageable when you consider the alternative.

Re:Nvidia announces its most powerful AI chip as it seeks to... by heromal on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @10:50AM (#39767417)
Name one product that was killed by Google while they had an agreement with the US government not to. Who cares about random, unprofitable products like Google+ rightfully being shuttered? There is no killedbyapple because they barely take risks on products, especially software products.