&gt; is Google going to make their environment so compatible with other cloud platform?<p>Yes.  Google&#x27;s strategy with Kubernetes is to commoditize the cloud - making them all functionally interchangeable.  Write to Kubernetes, and your app runs on AWS, GCE, Azure, etc...<p>They are betting that they can deliver raw CPU cycles, network bandwidth, lower latency etc. - better&#x2F;faster&#x2F;cheaper than their competitors.