MSFT has an interesting approach that is IMHO an opposite to exploiting their market power. They deliver their technology to partners like eBay, Dell and HP so they can offer the same cloud service (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/appliance/) in theory you could easily switch from one to another without redesigning your app. There are also .NET ports for linux that are AFAIK even supported with code by MSFT.
Also MSFT had to pay an insane fine for bundling internet explorer with windows. I doubt they risk another record fine by raising prices for their technology at a intolerable rate (>100%). eBay, Dell and HP are companies you don't fu** with. On Sep 2, 9:12 am, Anders <blabl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Azure looks pretty cool. But isn't .NET like a monopoly? I would like an > open source cloud platform. That would really make the prices go down. > Because new cloud providers would basically mostly have to provide the > hardware infrastructure since the software for the cloud services would be > open source and free. Not limited to PHP though. Yikes, lol. I would want > the open source to also run Java applications. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
