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Re:Google cuts jobs at cloud-computing group by peteretep on Friday February 14, 2020 @08:31PM (#22332366)
Only if you think you can get the costs down.
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Re:Google cuts jobs at cloud-computing group by CydeWeys on Friday February 14, 2020 @10:09PM (#22332900)
It's software as a service. Of course you can.
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Re:Google cuts jobs at cloud-computing group by outworlder on Friday February 14, 2020 @10:18PM (#22332938)
> It's software as a service. Of course you can.

Which is directly tied to the underlying hardware. That they already optimize to death.

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Re:Google cuts jobs at cloud-computing group by CydeWeys on Saturday February 15, 2020 @12:36PM (#22336606)
All cloud providers charge several times what the underlying hardware/electricity/peering is actually costing then. If the goal is to become immediately profitable rather than continue growing, then just stop reinvesting money into the business in the form of hiring and new data center construction.
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Re:Google cuts jobs at cloud-computing group by FDSGSG on Saturday February 15, 2020 @06:04AM (#22334554)
Have you seen how much other providers charge? It's the software you're paying for when you go with google, hardware is cheap.
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Re:Google cuts jobs at cloud-computing group by smt88 on Friday February 14, 2020 @11:52PM (#22333359)
It's also hardware as a service... and, crucially, customer service. Google is awful at that.
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