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Re:Two hundred reasons to not use Azure by tety on Friday March 29, 2024 @08:09AM (#39863052)
The UX, latency and API design consistency were absolutely terrible when I was forced to use Azure
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Re:Two hundred reasons to not use Azure by sidewndr46 on Friday March 29, 2024 @08:16AM (#39863125)
Inconsistent API design is the hallmark of growth by acquisition
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Re:Two hundred reasons to not use Azure by WarOnPrivacy on Friday March 29, 2024 @08:52AM (#39863467)
> Inconsistent API design is the hallmark of growth by acquisition

I don't doubt the rule but in MS's case it's commonly about constant warring between the interdepartment fiefdoms.

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Re:Two hundred reasons to not use Azure by sidewndr46 on Friday March 29, 2024 @08:55AM (#39863503)
That seems reasonable, but I think you can trace those fiefdoms back to acquisitions. From what I understand even the NT kernel team was originally the result of Microsoft scooping up all the engineers from DEC
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