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Re:AWS now allows customers to pay for their usage in advance by rodgerd on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @06:32PM (#27913011)
> and they are increasingly more “Oracle” like in their approach.

Ironically the Oracle cloud seems more price-reasonable (for now).

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Re:AWS now allows customers to pay for their usage in advance by murgindrag on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @08:13PM (#27913800)
The Oracle approach is:

- Good terms with proprietary lock-in.

- Milk that cow for all it's worth.

It's more nuanced than that -- I gave an oversimplified model -- but I've never seen anyone come out ahead doing business with Oracle long-term.

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