> Bare metal on Kubernetes is a PITA though to set up. I think you are misunderstanding the previous comment. I read it as Kubernetes being so complicated (I e

> Bare metal on Kubernetes is a PITA though to set up. I think you are misunderstanding the previous comment. I read it as Kubernetes being so complicated (I enjoy it, but that's another discussion) to operate is making the regular bare metal operation more appealing. So people might choose the well understood bare metal over Kubernetes.