My friend from Microsoft shared https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/debian-images-now-available-on-azure/ to me. Maybe the problem is fixed now.
$4 On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Dmitry Smirnov <only...@debian.org> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm struggling to convince a client of mine to use Debian. They already had > enough troubles with RHEL/CentOS to they are open to the idea -- that's a > good thing. The bad thing is that they want to use Microsoft Azure (please > don't ask me why people in the right mind would ever consider using > proprietary cloud from one of the most unethical companies ever known in > the > IT industry). > > I found it very disappointing that I had to defend Debian against Ubuntu > which is stealing our audience by somehow arranging more favourable hosting > conditions on Azure. I'm not talking about availability of OS images. > According to "Information for Non-Endorsed Distributions" [1] > > "The Azure platform SLA applies to virtual machines running the Linux > OS > only when one of the endorsed distributions [2] is used". > > So naturally my client is concerned that by choosing Debian they won't have > benefits of SLA like they would have if they choose Ubuntu because the > latter > is "endorsed". > > I'm not sure what can be done about this. Personally I'm reluctant to > approach Microsoft (I believe DPL or representative of debian-cloud team > may > be a better person to do that) and I don't know how to challenge unfair > endorsement when some parties already formed cartel to suit their > interests... > > Maybe someone could draft a press release to draw attention to the problem, > if we should be concerned? > > [1]: > https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-linux-create-upload-vhd-generic/ > > [2]: > https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-linux-endorsed-distributions/ > > -- > Cheers, > Dmitry Smirnov. > > --- > > It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed > in doing what is necessary. > -- Winston Churchill >
