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I imagine Google's staff budget is hugely higher than their compute budget. But when budgets get big you want to cut them anyway ...
by justincormack 14y ago
I imagine Google's staff budget is hugely higher than their compute budget. But when budgets get big you want to cut them anyway ...
- lmm 14y agoPoor logic on their part if so. Slowing your programmers down 2% to cut 10% off your hardware costs is usually a bad idea, and that's still true as your budgets for both grow, as long as the ratio stays the same. (I don't think Google are stupid, I think their ratio probably has shifted to the point where their hardware budget is comparable to their salary budget. Which makes them a very unusual case)