Right on. Periodically, latest a couple of days ago, there's a post / discussion about whether outsourcing core functionality is the right thing to do. There a

Right on. Periodically, latest a couple of days ago, there's a post / discussion about whether outsourcing core functionality is the right thing to do. There are valid points on both sides of the issue. For my part, if I'm going to be up in the middle of the night I'd rather be up working on fixing something rather than up fretting and checking status. But either way things get fixed. The real difference comes in the following days and weeks. When core stuff is in the cloud then you can try to get assurances and such, fwiw. When core stuff is in-house then you spend time, energy and money making sure you can sleep at night.