[jiggawatts]

In Microsoft Azure the HT-off feature has had a bunch of previews that all quietly disappeared without ever becoming generally available. I'm guessing management noticed that this capability would eat into Microsoft SQL Server (and Windows Server) licensing revenue.

Similarly, I've noticed that all of the managed Azure SQL products lag behind on the latest CPU generations by many years. "You can just scale up at your expense and our profit!" is the response when you read about this in the forums.