Apples to oranges if you're comparing bare-metal to xen/ec2. If you're just worried about being able to manage your own window you won't have access to a embar

Apples to oranges if you're comparing bare-metal to xen/ec2. If you're just worried about being able to manage your own window you won't have access to a embargoed xen issue before it becomes public. It's the first time they forced a 2 day scheduled event on me, I'll error on the side of caution and take my reboot.