Comments on: Ray Ozzie: Cloud Platforms Are Less Profitable http://gigaom.com/2009/06/05/cloud-platforms-are-less-profitable-says-microsoft-exec/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:46:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Microsoft Finally Opens Azure for Business | Robust Tech http://gigaom.com/2009/06/05/cloud-platforms-are-less-profitable-says-microsoft-exec/#comment-212970 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:03:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53038#comment-212970 [...] which has gotten used to the 50 percent (or higher) margins on its products, will see those margins shrivel in the face of the competition. Azure is joining a crowded marketplace, one dominated by Amazon and [...]

]]> By: Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft Azure http://gigaom.com/2009/06/05/cloud-platforms-are-less-profitable-says-microsoft-exec/#comment-212969 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:38:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53038#comment-212969 [...] may, at the same time, generate additional revenue. However, Microsoft knows this, and so far has warned investors about what the cloud stands to do to Microsoft’s earnings. It will mitigate some of the [...]

]]> By: Amazon’s AWS Strategy Becomes Clearer Every Day « abovethecrowd.com http://gigaom.com/2009/06/05/cloud-platforms-are-less-profitable-says-microsoft-exec/#comment-212968 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:03:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53038#comment-212968 [...] here.  Do you really think Microsoft or IBM wants to run a low margin business? Recent stories, like this one last week on Gigaom, suggest that neither of them do.  The more I read about these larger companies trying to [...]

]]> By: renaissance chambara alias Ged Carroll - Links of the day http://gigaom.com/2009/06/05/cloud-platforms-are-less-profitable-says-microsoft-exec/#comment-212967 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:12:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53038#comment-212967 [...] Ray Ozzie: Cloud Platforms Are Less Profitable [...]

]]> By: David Robins http://gigaom.com/2009/06/05/cloud-platforms-are-less-profitable-says-microsoft-exec/#comment-212966 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:16:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53038#comment-212966 What Microsoft says about cloud computing is similar to what Polaroid executives (I used to work for Polaroid) used to say about digital photography. They are delusional! The cloud is the future, and has less margins than the desktop applications. That is why Microsoft will be in trouble for the long run!

David Robins
Binfire.com Corporation

]]> By: links for 2009-06-05 « Jet Grrl http://gigaom.com/2009/06/05/cloud-platforms-are-less-profitable-says-microsoft-exec/#comment-212965 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:06:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53038#comment-212965 [...] Ray Ozzie: Cloud Platforms Are Less Profitable (tags: Tech noshit? business MicroSoft) [...]

]]> By: True Story http://gigaom.com/2009/06/05/cloud-platforms-are-less-profitable-says-microsoft-exec/#comment-212964 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:56:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53038#comment-212964 Why would anyone in their right mind use a company (Rackspace) which claims fanatical support and the utmost security and send the root password to their customer via email? Fanatical stupidy and head in the clould is more fitting in my opinion.

]]> By: renaissance chambara alias Ged Carroll - Bing: how the FT and other media missed the real story http://gigaom.com/2009/06/05/cloud-platforms-are-less-profitable-says-microsoft-exec/#comment-212963 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:12:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53038#comment-212963 [...] knows that the Microsoft heartland of productivity and enterprise software is going to be offering much lower margins when it goes into cloud computing. Ballmer has no choice but to go after the search market.  But [...]

]]> By: Marl Balou http://gigaom.com/2009/06/05/cloud-platforms-are-less-profitable-says-microsoft-exec/#comment-212962 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:53:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53038#comment-212962 The monopoly rents tend to go away over time as the landscape changes. If you have built a cost structure that relies on high margins then it will be a painful restructuring.

]]> By: Todd http://gigaom.com/2009/06/05/cloud-platforms-are-less-profitable-says-microsoft-exec/#comment-212961 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:08:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53038#comment-212961 zomg – Microsoft wants everyone to not use clouds and stick with per seat licensing of Windows Server?

/end trolling

]]> By: Niraj http://gigaom.com/2009/06/05/cloud-platforms-are-less-profitable-says-microsoft-exec/#comment-212960 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:37:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=53038#comment-212960 Repeat of what Jeff Bezos said earlier to Om. http://gigaom.com/2008/05/30/gigaom-interview-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos/

On the question of why Amazon could do it while other big iron vendors missed the boat.

His answer was- It has something to do with Amazon being comfortable in a low margin business

Slide 25 here — http://www.slideshare.net/njuneja/cloud-computing-presentation-644830

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