I'm laughing (and crying) with you, not at you. From my past life in academia, you're totally right. But that kind of reinforces the point... you do occasional

I'm laughing (and crying) with you, not at you. From my past life in academia, you're totally right. But that kind of reinforces the point... you do occasionally get some budget for servers and then have to make them last as long as possible :). Those one-time expenses are generally more palatable than recurring cloud storage costs though.