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Re:Microsoft, Past and Future by 23arboo on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @03:50AM (#7182639)
Speculation: Azure will get a decent priority now that Nadedlla is CEO. Azure has been playing catcup with aws for quite some time now.
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Re:Microsoft, Past and Future by josteink on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @04:20AM (#7182720)
Azure has been playing catcup with aws for quite some time now.

And it shows. A year ago I wouldn't even consider Azure as a platform. Now I'm starting to wonder if AWS is worth it.

They've been iterating like crazy.

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Re:Microsoft, Past and Future by GotAnyMegadeth on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @06:25AM (#7183131)
All I can add is that, from a fairly n00by point of view, Windows Azure is easy to use and clear, AWS is messy and difficult. Also the free trial of Azure is brilliant, the AWS is so crippled it makes it feel like their whole service is lame.
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Re:Microsoft, Past and Future by stinos on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @12:47PM (#7185331)
Nail on the head. I eveluated both of them a month ago, and while functionality-wise thay seemed pretty much alike, usability-wise Azure kinda owned AWS all over the place.
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