Amazon and Google join hands in criticizing Microsoft for its Cloud computing changes. They further said these changes decrease the competition and dissuade customers. These companies are two big giants in the tech industry. Read the entire article to learn more about this news piece.
Statements By Amazon and Google
After listening to a lot of criticism by both companies, “Microsoft is now doubling-down on the same harmful practices by implementing even more restrictions in an unfair attempt to limit the competition it faces – rather than listening to its customers and restoring fair software licensing in the cloud for everyone,” a spokesperson for its cloud service unit AWS said in an email. Google’s vice president for government affairs and policy Google Marcus Jadotte also expressed his criticism.“The promise of the cloud is flexible, elastic computing without contractual lock-ins,” he said in a tweet.“Customers should be able to move freely across platforms and choose the technology that works best for them, rather than what works best for Microsoft,” Jadotte said.
About Microsoft
Microsoft is a well-known tech giant across India and the world. For people who don’t know much about it, it is known for its software products. This company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen who came together and put their computer programming skills to use. The first public offering was done by Microsoft in 1996. In the year 2014, the company announced that will firing employees to lower its costs. About 18,000 employees were fired this year. Although the company might be suffering some losses here and there, it is doing a good job overall.
About Bill Gates
Bill Gates is a world-famous investor and is known to be the co-founder of Microsoft. After being born and raised in Seattle, he used his computer programming knowledge to design Microsoft. Bill Gates is usually always listed on Forbes Billionaire’s list. He is also for his philanthropic effects which are aimed at climate change and global health. He has donated huge amounts of money to charitable organizations and scientific research programs. He left his day-to-day work at Microsoft in the year 2003. Since then, he has played a major role in the development of several companies such as BEN and Cascade Investment. He is also the founder of a popular venture with Warren Buffet called the ‘Giving Pledge’ wherein all the billionaires took a pledge to donate half of their wealth to philanthropy.
