Re:Ask HN: Is your company sticking to on-premise servers? Why?
by twic on Thursday May 07, 2020 @06:20AM
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These economies could only put cloud ahead if they were larger than the provider's profit margin. If cloud saves 10% in costs but charges you 30% in markup, it costs you 20% more.
AWS's margin is 20-25% (eg [1]). Is AWS's cost of goods sold really 25% lower?
Admittedly this calculation is tricky, because it's not clear what to include. Does that figure for AWS's margin include R&D? Should it?
AWS's margin is 20-25% (eg [1]). Is AWS's cost of goods sold really 25% lower?
Admittedly this calculation is tricky, because it's not clear what to include. Does that figure for AWS's margin include R&D? Should it?
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2018/10/17/ho...