Comments on: Can Microsoft (or Rackspace) Dethrone Cloud King Amazon? http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/07/can-microsoft-or-rackspace-dethrone-cloud-king-amazon/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:59:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: surj http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/07/can-microsoft-or-rackspace-dethrone-cloud-king-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-275 surj Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:17:13 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=7920#comment-275 Yes. Quite easily. Microsoft, Oracle and IBM have one major advantage - they have services channels and support channels with 30 years plus services. That will win the buyers decision in their favor over Amazon. I doubt anything mission critical is hosted on EC2. Don't get me wrong. EC 2 was a major leap in terms of making a stand, accessibility and design. But selling to hackers and selling to corporates are two very very very different things as value for money goes out the window in favor of accountability and SLA's. Surj. Yes. Quite easily. Microsoft, Oracle and IBM have one major advantage – they have services channels and support channels with 30 years plus services. That will win the buyers decision in their favor over Amazon. I doubt anything mission critical is hosted on EC2.

Don’t get me wrong. EC 2 was a major leap in terms of making a stand, accessibility and design. But selling to hackers and selling to corporates are two very very very different things as value for money goes out the window in favor of accountability and SLA’s.

Surj.

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