Here is an incredibly lengthly argument which tries to be more balanced: http://rossduggan.ie/blog/infrastructure/cloud-vs-metal-infrastructure/ http://rossdugg

Here is an incredibly lengthly argument which tries to be more balanced: http://rossduggan.ie/blog/infrastructure/cloud-vs-metal-infrastructure/ http://rossduggan.ie/blog/infrastructure/cloud-vs-metal-infr... Jeff is glossing over a lot. If you're already massively invested in hardware, in terms of people, processes and hardware, then you could argue that cloud architecture is less valuable in the general case, otherwise, it's usually no contest.