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Re: Moving from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

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Post by extra88 » Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 9:01 PM UTC

iampims wrote: post #11

ddorian43 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Netflix does, at least ec2.

Is amazon video their biggest competitor? I’d have thought that Hulu, HBO Go, iTunes and other streaming services might be more popular than Amazon Video. I have no data to back that up though. ps: given that Amazon Video is available for all prime members, we can’t compare total number of subscribers. Hours of videos watched per day might be a better number to look at.

Amazon is definitely Netflix's biggest competitor when comparing who's spending the most on original content in streaming. They're also a major competitor when it comes to bidding for exclusive rights but there are many participants in that fight, including cable plus companies like Disney setting up their own streaming service.

It would be an enormous risk for any cloud provider to attempt to degrade the use of their platform or snoop on how it's used by a company who is a competitor in another area, be it streaming or code management.

Re: Moving from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

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Post by sytse » Tue, Jun 26, 2018, 8:36 PM UTC

pinewurst wrote: post #31

gboudrias wrote: post #28

For everyone saying this is a political decision, I don't see why Gitlab would be afraid of being political, especially seeing as a lot of developers were annoyed/angered at the Microsoft buyout. I also can't see on a technical level a company planning this kind of maintenance operation this quickly. It would be reckless.

This is the same organization that switched precipitously to unstable CephFS in 2016. Recklessness doesn't seem to be a problem at GitLab. https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/10/why-choose-bare-metal/

We tested CephFS but we never switched to it.

Re: Moving from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

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Post by YorickPeterse » Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 12:07 AM UTC

tnolet wrote: post #38

How did they end up on Azure in the first place? Any Gitlabbers here that know the story?

A year or two ago Y Combinator startups would be given around $1M in Azure credits, should they move to Azure. GitLab.com at the time moved over to Azure, with the goal being to reduce costs before we consumed those credits. I think we consumed all of it in a matter of months. Once you're stuck with a hosting provider (Azure or not), it's difficult to move away from it.

Re: Moving from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv » Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 10:31 AM UTC

mesid wrote: post #40

whoisjuan wrote: post #13

Kubernetes? Yeah right... The reasons are very clear: 1) GitHub being acquired by Microsoft. 2) Google is an investor in GitLab (through GV).

Can someone explain how exactly does MS acquiring GitHub forces GitLab to move out from Azure? Like is it some kind of fear that Microsoft will meddle with the data or something?

It's simple. Some people don't want their open source projects hosted on a site owned by Microsoft, a company that extremely hostile to Linux and open source for several years was, spreading a lot of misinformation and engaging in many shady actions against it. Now, if you migrate from Github to an Azure-based platform, you are indirectly supporting Microsoft, and some people would prefer to avoid that. I don't think anyone expects MS to meddle with their data in any way.