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Google wouldn't have won that contract anyway. Contrary to the hn echo chamber Google is a distant 3rd in cloud and that too because of brand recognition. Their

Google wouldn't have won that contract anyway. Contrary to the hn echo chamber Google is a distant 3rd in cloud and that too because of brand recognition. Their offerings are subpar

tr33house 7y ago
Care to elaborate more especially on the subpar issue? Is it related to SLA? I thought their ml cloud offerings were superior
goatinaboat 7y ago
4th. Everyone always forgets Aliyun. Google is an also-ran in cloud and will probably scrap it at some point. Look out for it on https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/
- googleisevil6 7y ago
  How much revenue is Aliyun? And what about the second in Chinese? (Tencent?) I do hope Aliyun starts offering in the US soon- would benefit competition.
  - wanghq 7y ago
    > In 2018, in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) segment of the cloud, Alibaba Cloud had 43% market share while Tencent had an 11.5% market share in 2018. source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alibaba-vs-tencent-battle-cloud-013100994.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alibaba-vs-tencent-battle-clo... Aliyun (Alibaba Cloud) is doing business in US: https://alibabacloud.com/ https://alibabacloud.com/