According to James Hamilton, hardware cost is not the major factor. It's running the datacenters. This talk by J.H. is well worth the 1 hour: http://live.visi

According to James Hamilton, hardware cost is not the major factor. It's running the datacenters. This talk by J.H. is well worth the 1 hour: http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/EX01# http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/EX01#