(it was a joke.) There are a zillion things to think about if you're going to have even one machine public on the internet, regardless of the hosting solution.

(it was a joke.) There are a zillion things to think about if you're going to have even one machine public on the internet, regardless of the hosting solution. At a small organization there's always that one programmer that's like half sysadmin. I find it amusing that people pretend without bare metal, you'll get all of that person's time back.