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Re:Amazon’s cloud Macs cost $25.99 a day. 77 days of usage w... by bsenftner on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @08:25AM (#25276113)
No it's not. Do the math, it is a serious rip off, waaaaay over priced.
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Re:Amazon’s cloud Macs cost $25.99 a day. 77 days of usage w... by dtech on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @08:43AM (#25276242)
Statements like that need a TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) calculation to back them up.
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Re:Amazon’s cloud Macs cost $25.99 a day. 77 days of usage w... by falcolas on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:16AM (#25277787)
Both sides need to be doing this. So many un-cited "AWS is cheaper overall" estimations, with hand-wavey "but you have to hire more IT staff" as their justification.

Plus, articles which do the TCO calcuations (there was one recently that pointed out a 200% premium for AWS) are still derided because people really prefer to argue with their feelings on this topic.

We get it, you don't want to run your own infrastructure. How much is that distaste worth to your company?

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