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Linkbait - this is just common sense. New companies also rent office space but at a certain point they buy/build their own. Should we say 'Why some companies s
by omonra 13y ago
Linkbait - this is just common sense.
New companies also rent office space but at a certain point they buy/build their own. Should we say 'Why some companies say office rental is a waste of money'?
- freyr 13y agoI disagree that everybody knows this. Cloud services are marketed as extremely scalable solutions that grow with your business. I doubt that everybody starting out realizes that the costs can grow at a much faster rate than your revenue.
- freerobby 13y agoI don't know. Even engineers who don't know right from left seem to grok it. ;) (http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/memsql-no-shoes.jpeg http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/wp-content/uploads/2013...)
- cnlwsu 13y agospoiler: headphones ... took me awhile
- omonra 13y agoRight - but when you start spending 10,000 or more per month to Amazon, you might consider analyzing if you can save money with own servers, right?
- hhw 13y agoSure cloud is extremely scalable. What they don't tell you though, is that it's only scalable in one direction, and that direction is down.