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Microsoft Dependency Has Risks

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153 points ArcHound | 3 comments | 25 Jun 25 20:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.902s | 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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1. dismalaf ◴[26 Jun 25 06:40 UTC] No.44384770[source]▶
> 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?

You sure you like this analogy? Every ambitious restaurant (Michelin stars, World's 50 Best, that type) uses small farmers to try obtain higher quality produce.

It's chain restaurants and shitty family restaurants that use the large suppliers.

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2. razakel ◴[26 Jun 25 09:56 UTC] No.44385806[source]▶
You go to those restaurants for a boutique experience. You can't run an enterprise based on whatever your suppliers have available on the day.
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3. dismalaf ◴[26 Jun 25 13:29 UTC] No.44387224[source]▶
I was mostly pointing out it's a bad analogy.

That being said, maybe the "small supplier" side of IT is actually OSS + in-house engineers?