from my experience it's more of a business guy/executive thing, they see Microsoft as a reliable, low-risk vendor which can speak their language. "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" type thing
replyI figured they were risk averse and picking based on name familiarity.
replyAs a European, you’re on your own there…
replyI see azure in more European job ads (and .net) than I ever did in California…
replyI guess it's not so much Europe but "non IT-core companies" might prefer it, also the convenience of having everything into the same bill (workstation licenses, cloud, etc)
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