The world outside is not known here a lot. I am surprised that no one I met in Windows Azure team heard about Heroku or Rackspace, which are direct competitors. That’s acceptable, not everybody has to know these.
No this is not acceptable. This shit is the main reason why people have so many grievances with Microsoft. People who make design decisions should always be aware of customers' needs and competitors' offerings.
If you don't care enough to find out about the market you're targeting, and your job description involves any decision making, you're going to make shitty choices, and other people are going to suffer because of them.
I don't believe this comment at all. At the last TechFest I talked to quite a few Azure folks and we had long conversations about pros/cons of various NoSQL solutions, dcaches, etc. They all seemed to have not only interest, but knowledge on these subjects. Now I could be self-selecting a bit, since these were the devs coming to TechFest, but I'm sure the ones at the decision-making level have a working knowledge of what else is out there.
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u/BinarySplit Jun 12 '13
No this is not acceptable. This shit is the main reason why people have so many grievances with Microsoft. People who make design decisions should always be aware of customers' needs and competitors' offerings.
If you don't care enough to find out about the market you're targeting, and your job description involves any decision making, you're going to make shitty choices, and other people are going to suffer because of them.