> The money is not the issue. Money is COMPLICATED and THE issue. Money is complicated because you have income and expenses. Time to market and velocity can h

> The money is not the issue. Money is COMPLICATED and THE issue. Money is complicated because you have income and expenses. Time to market and velocity can help you get more income. This needs to be balanced by expenses. When you're growing or your needs are uncertain than a hyperscaler can help you get moving quickly. This aids in time to market. But, you do this at a cost. Hyperscalers cost more than running it all yourself. If your workloads are steady state or changing at a predictable rate than it can be cost effective to run your own infrastructure. There are other elements to all of this such as global location of hardware compared compared to end users. Money is the issue because companies are in business to make money. Sometimes companies take a loss now in order to make money later but it's always about the money.