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Wednesday Jul 15, 2009
links for 2009-7-15: Azure pricing higher than Amazon; Google Voice on your phone; Google Calendar features
Microsoft's Azure cloud price pipped by Amazon's Linux
- Why would you go with Azure when Amazon is the same price or cheaper
and
offers
platform choice
? I do find it interesting but not surprising that Amazon charges a
25% premium for Windows
over Linux/UNIX. The "Microsoft tax" has to be passed along to the customers.
Google Calendar gets some labs features
- Since their apps are no longer beta, they'll just use Labs at where they provide beta features.
Dumb wireless pipe wars: Google Voice coming to BlackBerry, Android
- Will Google be your phone company too? I'm still waiting for my Google Voice invite.
VendorRate Report Q2 2009
- VendorRate's customer satisfaction survey has some surprises and what you might expect. Sun amongst the top vendors and all the major mobile providers (Verizon, Sprint, AT&T) along with Microsoft (twice) all lowest rated.