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See Google/Alphabet's latest quarterly earnings. There's a decent chance that in a few years GCP will be no more. I had an argument with one of the biggest in

See Google/Alphabet's latest quarterly earnings. There's a decent chance that in a few years GCP will be no more. I had an argument with one of the biggest investors in Google a few years ago, in which I was predicting exactly this scenario. He didn't believe me. Perhaps I was right after all. GCP lost a ton of money since its inception. Its leadership is so far away from being able to run this business properly, that I would never recommend anyone to put all their eggs on GCP. Plus, as your company scales, you should REDUCE, not increase, your cloud usage, in favor of a properly optimized on-prem. Well, just my 0.02. What do I know, right?

VirusNewbie 3y ago
Wait, so a few years ago you predicted that they'd deprecate cloud, and now, when GCP is making a profit and growing revenue substantially, you're more inclined to think your prediction is coming true? >Plus, as your company scales, you should REDUCE, not increase, your cloud usage, in favor of a properly optimized on-prem. Yes if you get to dropbox size it might make sense to go to on prem, but most F500 companies save money going to the cloud for a multitude of reasons.
throwaway2990 3y ago
> What do I know, right? > you should REDUCE, not increase, your cloud usage, in favor of a properly optimized on-prem. Based on this. Not much. Unless all you need is a single location and a couple of load balancer servers. No you should not move to on-Prem. It has no benefit and isn’t magically cheaper.
heybrendan 3y ago
While I appreciate you've disclosed your affiliations in your profile, can you claim complete objectivity on this topic? Would your stake in VMware and AWS not be {threatened,weakened}, perhaps severely, should Google succeed in Cloud?
- simonebrunozzi 3y ago
  I haven't had any stake in VMW or AWS (AMZN) for a few years now (~6 as of now). I was AWS 2008-2014, and VMware 2014-2016.

VirusNewbie 3y ago

Wait, so a few years ago you predicted that they'd deprecate cloud, and now, when GCP is making a profit and growing revenue substantially, you're more inclined to think your prediction is coming true? >Plus, as your company scales, you should REDUCE, not increase, your cloud usage, in favor of a properly optimized on-prem. Yes if you get to dropbox size it might make sense to go to on prem, but most F500 companies save money going to the cloud for a multitude of reasons.

throwaway2990 3y ago

> What do I know, right? > you should REDUCE, not increase, your cloud usage, in favor of a properly optimized on-prem. Based on this. Not much. Unless all you need is a single location and a couple of load balancer servers. No you should not move to on-Prem. It has no benefit and isn’t magically cheaper.

heybrendan 3y ago

While I appreciate you've disclosed your affiliations in your profile, can you claim complete objectivity on this topic? Would your stake in VMware and AWS not be {threatened,weakened}, perhaps severely, should Google succeed in Cloud?

simonebrunozzi 3y ago
I haven't had any stake in VMW or AWS (AMZN) for a few years now (~6 as of now). I was AWS 2008-2014, and VMware 2014-2016.