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Increased complexity leads to increased overhead costs. A bare metal instance is going to be cheaper to maintain than a full-service instance that interfaces w
by bduerst 8y ago
Increased complexity leads to increased overhead costs. A bare metal instance is going to be cheaper to maintain than a full-service instance that interfaces with a robust ecosystem (even if that instance doesn't use any of it).
- MaxBarraclough 8y agoDoesn't this discount the considerable economy-of-scale advantage that Amazon should have?
- Donald 8y agoNot when Amazon's scaling benefits are used to mostly benefit themselves.
- MaxBarraclough 8y agoWell that's a different point. Complexity, economies of scale, and high-prices charged by an incumbent market-leader, are three different matters.
- bduerst 8y agoYou're assuming the bare metal instance doesn't nearly have the same economies of scale.