One problem with ECS-Optimized Windows is that the image size is quite large. This is due to the underlying Windows operating system being a lot larger than Linux variants. Most people would only use a Windows image if they specifically need to use Windows. Otherwise, Linux is quicker and it is cheaper as well. ECS-Optimized Windows also presents vendor lock-in on two accounts. Firstly, you are using the custom AMI, so you have vendor lock-in with AWS. Additionally, because you are operating on the Windows operating system, if you were to develop on Windows over a long period of time, it could make it potentially difficult to migrate to Linux-based operating systems as well. Those are two key drawbacks.
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One problem with ECS-Optimized Windows is that the image size is quite large. This is due to the underlying Windows operating system being a lot larger than Linux variants. Most people would only use a Windows image if they specifically need to use Windows. Otherwise, Linux is quicker and it is cheaper as well. ECS-Optimized Windows also presents vendor lock-in on two accounts. Firstly, you are using the custom AMI, so you have vendor lock-in with AWS. Additionally, because you are operating on the Windows operating system, if you were to develop on Windows over a long period of time, it could make it potentially difficult to migrate to Linux-based operating systems as well. Those are two key drawbacks.