Article Title is sensationalist at best. It explains what most data heavy startups do. Start in the cloud and move to baremetal. IMO Amazon pricing is confusi

Article Title is sensationalist at best. It explains what most data heavy startups do. Start in the cloud and move to baremetal. IMO Amazon pricing is confusing and expensive. Look into Rackspace or Digital Ocean if you want better pricing and more options. There are also a lot of hybrid cloud options now too where you could host web heads in a cloud but have your heavy lifters in baremetal.