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$500k of Azure credit for YC startups

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Re: $500k of Azure credit for YC startups

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Post by proveanegative »

maratd wrote: post #92
aioprisan wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Migrating from DO/AWS/Linode isn't fun and productive." Huh? You can run more or less the same type of services on Azure that you can on AWS. I wouldn't even consider DO due to lack of load balancers and file backup services.

> I wouldn't even consider DO due to lack of load balancers and file backup services. You can spin up your own load balancer pretty easily. DO offers backup too. In terms of bang for the buck, you can't really beat DO, unless you're giving your services away for free ...

>In terms of bang for the buck, you can't really beat DO

If you treat DO as just another VPS provider and pay on a monthly basis does it offer advantages over the competition?

Re: $500k of Azure credit for YC startups

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Post by whyaduck »

rjurney wrote: post #98

Company scrip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_scrip

That doesn't seem like a germane comparison. Scrip was given in lieu of compensation - I don't think that describes the deal MS is offering here. Without this program, YC companies wouldn't otherwise be receiving anything of value from MS, would they?

Re: $500k of Azure credit for YC startups

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Post by nathangrant »

bobbles wrote: post #81

Ahh suddenly it all makes sense. I wondered why my company after 18 months of effort to get going on AWS with certain apps has had a shift to get on Azure 'without compromise' in 2 months. I doubt these sort of offers are only going to start ups, Microsoft is taking on web services hard core.

This is something we may start to see. I think they are aggressively targeting AWS customers with lower pricing and getting companies (including my employer) to begin the move to Azure.

Re: $500k of Azure credit for YC startups

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Post by [deleted] »

bravo22 wrote: post #84
pallian wrote: post #82

Just FYI - the $60k/year Azure offer is technically available for any startup just willing to ask nicely (not limited to just incubators). My company, http://trippeo.com just qualified for it last month (we get $5k/mo free hosting).

That's a great tip! How do you ask "nicely"? Is there a rep you contact or contact just general billing/support?

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Re: $500k of Azure credit for YC startups

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Post by sankethkatta »

mbesto wrote: post #54
aioprisan wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Migrating from DO/AWS/Linode isn't fun and productive." Huh? You can run more or less the same type of services on Azure that you can on AWS. I wouldn't even consider DO due to lack of load balancers and file backup services.

Sorry, should have clarified. Most early stage startups don't do DevOps or sysadmin well. Imagine the typical YC startup where its just 2-3 developers who are comfortable with the command line, but not comfortable with Chef, Puppet, etc. Having to plan a migration is not fun or productive for a set of developers because it means (1) less time for them to focus on mobile/web development (2) learning to do sysadmin whe…

Azure also has a Heroku-like offering: Azure Websites http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/websites/

Re: $500k of Azure credit for YC startups

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Post by FLUX-YOU »

fsniper wrote: post #77
mbesto wrote: post #15

Microsoft is also giving YC startups three years of Office 365, access to Microsoft developer staff, and one year of free CloudFlare and DataStax enterprise services. Free Office365 and CloudFlare are probably the best part of this announcement, since they are "easily migrate-able" by most startups. Migrating from DO/AWS/Linode isn't fun and productive. Even though they are negligible (in terms of money and value) th…

I'm not very keen on office365. Our new ceo force migrated us to office365 from gmail and our experience so far is not par with gmail. Very lacking or even unusable ui, not working or frustrating filters, very bad experience with imap clients unread email appearing read. And the very best part; there is no select all :) And the shameless plug: Also your idea about selling migration services is very interesting. If an…

Are you using the web app or the installed app? I haven't had a bit of a problem with the installed version (The UI can be slow though).

Re: $500k of Azure credit for YC startups

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Post by mmahemoff »

moe wrote: post #89

Is there anything in the fineprint to stop the startups from reselling those credits? Passing them on at a 20% discount would make for a sweet ~$400k runway extension.

Considering MS's long track record of offering discounts and freebies to startup (in the form of BizSpark and many other programmes), we can happily assume Redmond's considerable troupe of lawyers has anticipated that loophole.
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