> The same goes for everyone working in the cloud; I've build my own clusters to compare the effort and expense (rather than just accept the marketing line) and

> The same goes for everyone working in the cloud; I've build my own clusters to compare the effort and expense (rather than just accept the marketing line) and running one's own servers, from one to hundreds, is exponentially more cost effective than any cloud service. I have servers in the data center and in the cloud, and I can say that the line "is exponentially more cost effective than any cloud service" has so many caveats attached, it's not even worth debating. Simply put, if all you are doing is comparing running X servers in the DC and running the same servers in the cloud and that's it, yes, the cloud will be more expensive. This is why no cloud provider recommends simply doing that. > People are not doing their homework You should continue to do homework.