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bigyabaiyesterday at 10:17 PM4 repliesview on HN

> They could have shipped a good product with all those billions

They did. It's called Azure: https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-tops-wall-street-exp...


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justincliftyesterday at 11:37 PM

Not sure "good product" and "Azure" really belong in the same sentence.

Have you read this?

https://isolveproblems.substack.com/p/how-microsoft-vaporize...

bigfatkittentoday at 12:04 AM

I know a few people who worked on Azure’s FedRAMP ATOs, and “good” is not a word I’ve ever heard them use.

rsynnottyesterday at 11:02 PM

That's largely a product of work in the 2010s. What's their next Azure? Clippy on steroids probably won't cut it.

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tacticusyesterday at 11:41 PM

the cloud used because execs have already got a microsoft contract. (not to mention the fun licensing problem)