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However tempting (and it is very tempting), how much they’ve already spent should never figure in this kind of decision (aka the sunk cost fallacy). What matter
by asplake 7y ago
However tempting (and it is very tempting), how much they’ve already spent should never figure in this kind of decision (aka the sunk cost fallacy). What matters is the return they will get from future commitments.
- mc32 7y agoThat fallacy sunk the Desertron after many years of cost overruns...
- jjeaff 7y agoThat, and the strong signaling it would create if they did drop it. That signal being, never ever use a Google product for Enterprise purposes.
- leppr 7y agoMore precisely, always have a backup plan. Nothing wrong with running on GCP if you're using it in a platform-abstract way (either by using it as a simple hosting provider, or by going through a layer like the "serverless" framework).