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Yeah I almost flagged this. There's nothing there except a title that might be provocative and a bunch of "Can you use math? If so, you might make decisions bas
by DanielBMarkham 13y ago
Yeah I almost flagged this. There's nothing there except a title that might be provocative and a bunch of "Can you use math? If so, you might make decisions based on it" prose. (I didn't flag it because, frankly, the HN audience isn't what it used to be, and to many this actually might be news. Plus the comments promised to be useful for many)
I honestly don't want to insult the publication or author here. I'm sure for many people who don't use math, the cloud might seem like the best choice at all times.
However I'd really like to believe that if you're creating a product involving technology, and you're busy creating a business model, that at some point you're going to be figuring out things like cost of a new customer acquisition, or overhead cost per user. This stuff isn't exactly arcane or even terribly complicated.
- area51org 13y agoWell, let's define "cloud": in this instance they seem to only mean EC2, which can be expensive if not used carefully. So can bare metal. And what's worse, bare metal means a whole lot of care and feeding that you may not be prepared for. There is no one prescription that will fit every company in every situation. But this article describes an anecdotal situation, not something typical. And, "the cloud" does not automatically mean someone else's services. For the vast majority of typical computing applications, companies should be using private virtualization (OpenStack, Vsphere, what-have-you) rather than just buying a bunch of pizza boxes or blades.