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Same thing as a fast food burger versus a restaurant porter house, you get what you pay for.
by notyourwork 7y ago
Same thing as a fast food burger versus a restaurant porter house, you get what you pay for.
- kortilla 7y agoAnalogy is a little off. AWS is fast food and expensive because consistency, availability, and volume are what count in the cloud business. You can get better quality VMs for less money but you won’t be able to provision thousands easily and it’s not going to be available 24/7.
- SkyPuncher 7y agoEven further, I'd say AWS is fast food that supports dozens of niche diets - pretty much anywhere in the world, anytime. McDonald's isn't impressive because they can make a Big Mac in 30 seconds. They're impressive because I can get almost the exact same Big Mac anywhere in the world.