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Microsoft getting nervous about Europe's tech independence
(www.theregister.com)
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Yes, thank you, I think this is exactly what I've been feeling but unable to articulate properly.
I do feel there's a great loss of knowledge in IT, but I'm also aware that I'm motivated by my own opinions and fear of job stability here. There are absolutely times when the cloud makes sense, and those arguments about capex v. opex nail it. I'd love to blame it entirely on greedy execs, but that upfront cost is hard to swallow for a new business, whether you're planning on super/hyper scaling or not. Cohosting in a datacenter is a great option, but even then, most people simply won't be willing to invest the time, as you put it.
I've had the luck of working for stable institutions like banks and biotech in the past where they built out their infrastructure for security and reliability properly and it was wonderful. I've also had the misfortune of working for hyperscaling startups with zero trust architecture built in Azure. It was a nightmare and I hated every day of it.
Like most things, the path forward is going to require a delicate balance, but there's absolutely no fucking trusting Microsoft. When Europe says, "Hey, we're getting nervous about your influence here" the response isn't:
I mean, of course that's what they'd say, but still. Fuck 'em.