There's no conspiracy: operating your own hardware in a datacenter requires expertise, start-up costs, and additional time. That power, control and (later) cost

There's no conspiracy: operating your own hardware in a datacenter requires expertise, start-up costs, and additional time. That power, control and (later) cost-savings doesn't come without a few drawbacks. Short-term budgets and time windows to meet deliverables shrank along with the costs. That's why so many are on the cloud.