Huawei to OpenStackers: Don't try to chase Amazon, Microsoft and Google First came AWS, then Microsoft’s Azure – now Google’s Cloud Platform (GCP). Microsoft’s been playing feature catch-up to AWS since 2008 with the baton passing now to Google under Diane Greene. OpenStackers, though, be warned: do NOT join this race and try to catch public cloud market number-one AWS. So says Anna Lai, vice …
At last some very wise words from a large corporation when most of the others are completely blinded by short-term greed.
I agree that OpenStack can be entirely unique and massively poplar and all we need to do is to go back to basics and think like the first Linux developers did. AWS and Azure are developed for massive economies of scale, whereas OS can be made to appeal to the 97% of small businesses that do not have armies of IT and managerial staff to guide them, and perhaps just want a simple solution to running their IT whilst they concentrate on their core business.
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