Google Vows To Build Leading Cloud For Enterprise Windows, Swiping at Microsoft's Core Business (geekwire.com)

Google is going after a core part of Microsoft's cloud business, aiming to expand Google Cloud Platform's appeal to big companies that run the classic combination of Microsoft's Windows Server and SQL Server. From a report: Google Cloud Platform today announced pre-configured images for Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise and Windows Server Core on Google Compute Engine. The rollout includes support for high-availability, disaster-recovery and remote-management features used by big companies It's the latest move by Google Cloud Platform to catch up to Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. The search giant's cloud initiatives are led by Google senior vice president Diane Greene, co-founder and former CEO of VMware, who joined Google as an executive in late 2015 to bolster its efforts to win over big businesses. Greene is also a board member of Google's parent company Alphabet.

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I don't get it.

[aaarrrgggh]

Isn't Azure basically an attempt to address the non-Windows hosted/cloud alternatives... how does Google buying Windows licenses pose a threat to Microsoft? Wouldn't it be a bigger threat/opportunity to assist companies move away from the Microsoft environment?

It just reeks of "it ain't done till [google] don't run."

Re:cloud = bad

[doconnor]

Better one state's surveillance, then badly self-administered servers where the data is available to every state's surveillance and any script-kiddies who come along.