Azure offers the ability to push to, say, GitHub and have that result in an Azure deployment. For some users that might be a really nice feature, as it ensures they don't end up with code deployed that can't be browsed in their "authoritative" code browser.
Of course, they're both very similar to what Heorku has done more or less since its inception.
[0]: https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/push-to-deploy
[1]: http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/common-tasks/p...
on a side note, people on hn are outraged by NSA spying on us here, but perfectly happy to search, collect, process, organize and publicly disclose "data" about other people here.
The possible existence of personal bias for/against a particular company/technology/person is useful. I don't see how implying that the OP is an employee of a competitor of Google is an ad hominem attack, unless you consider disclosing association wich can cause bias/preference in the topic at hand an attack. I see it merely as a framing device.
> people on hn are outraged by NSA spying on us here, but perfectly happy to search, collect, process, organize and publicly disclose "data" about other people here.
Do you really fail to see the difference between an individual using information that has been made voluntarily public too check somebody up and the systematic monitoring of all public and private communications of people around the world by a single entity?
Edit: I saw a few comments about original commenter being a MS employee. To be clear, I am a Google Employee (and ex-msft employee) :). But who our employers are is really besides the point. My question about pros and cons still remains.