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Microsoft Dependency Has Risks

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151 points ArcHound | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 20:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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hilbert42 ◴[25 Jun 25 23:03 UTC] No.44382615[source]▶
I still find it hard to believe that so many people and companies are prepared to use Microsoft's online/cloud services.

Not ony is this a single point of failure but it's one they've no control over whatsoever. Same goes for Google/Youtube etc. It's as risky as flying a passenger jet with only one engine.

What are they thinking, why are they prepared to risk everything?

It boggles my mind.

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bitpush ◴[25 Jun 25 23:08 UTC] No.44382646[source]▶
Most companies enter into a contract with Microsoft. That is infinitely better than using a 2 person startup that runs out of a garage. Contracts come with strict terms of service, SLAs, service expectations and such.

If you had a restaurant, would you source your produce from your trusty friend who grows vegetables as a hobby or from an established mega-farming-company?

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samat ◴[25 Jun 25 23:15 UTC] No.44382677[source]▶
I would sure want to dine in a restaurant were vegetables were grown out of love and not as a profit making machine above all else.
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ramones13 ◴[25 Jun 25 23:46 UTC] No.44382859[source]▶
Software from big companies can be made with love too?
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1. somenameforme ◴[26 Jun 25 04:16 UTC] No.44384134[source]▶
I'm not really sure this is true. Big companies find themselves with a big problem by the nature of their own weight. To simply exist they need to see revenue in the millions, if not billions of dollars. So everything rapidly becomes about money. That, in turn, equally rapidly leads to rent-seeking as a goal, which just generally turns everything into a dystopia from inception to production to launch.