[dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down

 Hi Jim --

Thank you, these DigitalOcean's one-click, 55 seconds setup, hosting/development stacks look so tempting to try them out :-)

https://www.digitalocean.com/one-click-apps/

IMO Microsoft will have to lower their hosting plans even more to effectively compete with such hosting proposals as DigitalOcean. 
Also (that could be only my impression?) when reading through MS Azure hosting plans and usage docs - it all looks so "heavy" to start with unlike DigitalOcean...

-- Shamil


Wed, 2 Apr 2014 02:07:51 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca>:
>Hi Gustav:
>
>It all sounds very good. Have you started testing software on Azure yet?
>
>If you want to get away from the big companies, for Cloud hosting, there is also some excellent rates out there. Here is one example:
>
>https://www.digitalocean.com
>
>...and... 
>
>https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing
>
>You can get one TB on SSD drives for $5.00 a month and with a code add another month free. No price increases after the initial month(s) are up...it is just the regular rate and a large number of droplets to choose from...deploy a site in around a minute...or you can rent space by the hour for testing projects.
>
>Jim
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gustav Brock" < gustav at cactus.dk >
>To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com >
>Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 11:18:48 PM
>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down
>
>Hi Jim
>
>There are exact rates. No guessing. And for once, the price cut is not cosmetic but substantial:
>
>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-innovation-quality-and-price.aspx
>
>/gustav
>
>
>-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
>Fra:  dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jim Lawrence
>Sendt: 2. april 2014 00:26
>Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>Emne: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down
>
>Prices charged by Microsoft, Google and Amazon for Cloud services are coming down...by how much...well that is another question.
>
>http://readwrite.com/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-price-cut-amazon-google#awesm=~oAcmHbKpJcmUth
>
>Jim 
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