> the point is that when it's down, bring it back up is someone else's problem. When it's down, it's my problem, and I can't do anything about it other than ex

> the point is that when it's down, bring it back up is someone else's problem. When it's down, it's my problem, and I can't do anything about it other than explain why I have no idea the system is broken and can't do anything about it. "Why is my dohicky down? When will it be back?" "Because it's raining, no idea" May be accurate, it's also of no use. But yes, Opex vs Capex, of course that's why you can lease your servers. It's far easier to spend company money with another $500 a month on AWS than spend $500 a year for a new machine.