Azure is changing its prices too

[Philip]

Since I am also a Azure user I just got an email with the shocking
news: Azure will reduce prices for their smallest instance by 20%
starting on the 1st of October. ($0.04/hour for 1GHz & 768MB Memory)

Must be a bad position for MSFT. No vendor lock in and strong
competition.

[Anders]

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.

[Philip]

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.

[Pascal Voitot Dev]

the main problem is .NET, isn't it? :D
I can't consider a proprietary dev platform to be the right solution even if I know it's good on many aspects and brought many interesting ideas!

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[Brandon Wirtz]

Azure isn’t .Net only.  I run Java on it.

[Philip]

You can also use PHP on it.

Another big plus is that you don't sign a contract with an US company
if you live in Europe. I signed a contract with the local Microsoft
office and as a result I don't have to pay any tax for using Azure.
For GAE I've to pay tax to the US government.

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> Azure isn't .Net only.  I run Java on it.
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> the main problem is .NET, isn't it? :D
> I can't consider a proprietary dev platform to be the right solution even if
> I know it's good on many aspects and brought many interesting ideas!
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[Pascal Voitot Dev]

really java? I thought it was just .net/php

interesting to know!

[Raymond C.]

I think you can make use of all the resources you are paying for is already a big big BIG plus over GAE.  

Who care much about the language?  Many of us started using Python after choosing GAE.  And they are now even asking us to learn GO.

[Brandon Wirtz]

I may have to check if I’m in a beta/non-public thing.   I enjoy some special privileges and may have something others don’t.