well, its getting into the rearview mirror now, but spectre/meltdown-type vulnerabilities are a big motivator for leaving on-prem. even if you later leave the

well, its getting into the rearview mirror now, but spectre/meltdown-type vulnerabilities are a big motivator for leaving on-prem. even if you later leave the cloud for on-prem, the period without any phys infra means you can start on a clean slate with better equipment + better DC rental contracts. oh and it really sucks when your brand new SSD's arrive at your main DC, after a 4 month wait, you open the box and the boxes are empty - someone robbed ya. Those expenses are only linked to the infra team, but the effects reverberate through the engineering org.