Let’s see about that… telecom always felt old fashioned and stiff.

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    19 days ago

    There are still other players, aren‘t there? Maybe not as seamless as google, microsoft and amazon, but afaik you could since years opt for European hosters for virtualization and whatnot. The big players are more affordable and easier for scaling up and out.

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        17 days ago

        Lidl offering cloud services is as weird as a certain online book store being the de facto standard cloud service out there, so why not? Aldi Web Services would make a great acronym, btw.

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      19 days ago

      Yes, there have been quite a few over the years (maybe not as multi-faceted as the US/China counterparts). You’re absolutely right there. They compete well.