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Re:AWS mistakes to avoid by cle on Saturday December 26, 2015 @09:16PM (#10796122)
There's a lot more that goes into the decision than service costs. There are lots of other costs that must be considered. E.g. if using AWS can save you one employee, that alone might make it worth the extra service costs.

I'm not saying you're wrong, just that your analysis is incomplete.

Re:AWS mistakes to avoid by late2part on Saturday December 26, 2015 @09:28PM (#10796141)
I'm sure there's a situation where AWS saves money on TCO. If you ever find it, please let us know.
Re:AWS mistakes to avoid by discodave on Saturday December 26, 2015 @09:33PM (#10796153)
Umm, does linode offer higher level services like SQS, Lambda, SWF and friends?
Re:AWS mistakes to avoid by aeze on Saturday December 26, 2015 @10:44PM (#10796323)
Their open source alternatives running on Linux?
Re:AWS mistakes to avoid by stouset on Sunday December 27, 2015 @12:23AM (#10796533)
Because ops is free.
Re:AWS mistakes to avoid by discodave on Sunday December 27, 2015 @02:45AM (#10796767)
+ the cost of paying people to setup, deploy & manage these these things.