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Re:Dropbox saved almost $75M over two years by moving out of... by Spooky23 on Sunday February 25, 2018 @01:35PM (#16460378)
A lot of times companies can yield short term savings because of how they depreciate or are taxed on assets like server rooms and equipment.
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Re:Dropbox saved almost $75M over two years by moving out of... by Bombthecat on Sunday February 25, 2018 @02:30PM (#16460682)
Most of the times I saw that,they did it because in-house pricing was insane and in IT they wanted to cut costs.

Fire team, comeback a few years with a new cheaper team and in-house pricing.

Job done

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