Re:Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe's tech indepen...
by graemep on Thursday May 01, 2025 @08:05AM
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The integration might be the best real reason, but IMO the real reason is branding and good marketing.
A lot of FOSS and other non-US software has at least as good UI and often better responsiveness.
However for many people particular apps they need are Windows only. Lots of industry vertical stuff.
With regard to marketing and branding, a lot of people use AWS because of the brand. Its not a particularly good provider of VPSs but I have lost count of how many people use AWS as a VPS provider (not using other services) and even worse most of them buy and instance plus storage rather than saving money by using Lightsail. I have had people argue that potential acquirers might be put off by using smaller providers.
A lot of FOSS and other non-US software has at least as good UI and often better responsiveness.
However for many people particular apps they need are Windows only. Lots of industry vertical stuff.
With regard to marketing and branding, a lot of people use AWS because of the brand. Its not a particularly good provider of VPSs but I have lost count of how many people use AWS as a VPS provider (not using other services) and even worse most of them buy and instance plus storage rather than saving money by using Lightsail. I have had people argue that potential acquirers might be put off by using smaller providers.