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I agree. This is definitely the impression I've gotten from people I've talked to. In an ideal world, how would they solve this? Is it to move back to self-hos
by 013a 10y ago
I agree. This is definitely the impression I've gotten from people I've talked to.
In an ideal world, how would they solve this? Is it to move back to self-hosted infrastructure? Isn't that the same problem; they're just hostage to their own employees and capex instead of Amazon?
- tgjsrkghruksd 10y agoAm I being a hopeless romantic to imagine that barons of days yore used to actually think owning the capital and employing the labor with which they went about their business made them powerful? Who is holding who hostage? Not everyone is an SV technoweenie too young to remember when the dot-com crash was a thing.
- user5994461 10y agoIn the real world, you sell a product that is profitable enough to cover the costs. Do you think a company that sells t-shirt for less than the fabric cost will live long? Nope. Do you think a company can get equivalent service to AWS for much less money? Nope. Well, actually, yes, there is google cloud that's half the price. https://thehftguy.com/2016/11/18/google-cloud-is-50-cheaper-than-aws/ https://thehftguy.com/2016/11/18/google-cloud-is-50-cheaper-...