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Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes by beowulfey on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @07:10AM (#31986767)
The better analogy would be that Fedex, since they need to transport things from city to city, could choose to buy jets to transport with instead of renting them or contracting a company to fly for them, which they already do. To remove datacenters is more like removing the jets.

Edit: removed rude phrasing.

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Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes by chrisseaton on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @07:19AM (#31986823)
> The comparison you meant

No that’s not what I wrote.

You don’t buy a jet outright and forget about the supplier - you’re eternally reliant on their service, certification, parts, etc, as regulation is so high.

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Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes by beowulfey on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @08:05AM (#31987178)
Yes but you are comparing to having a datacenter vs removing the datacenter completely. In this example FedEx has removed the datacenter completely, instead relying on someone else’s servers. So the correct comparison is to remove the jets and let someone else fly for you.
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Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes by chrisseaton on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @08:16AM (#31987285)
> So the correct comparison

That may be your comparison but it’s not the one I meant.

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Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes by beowulfey on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @08:30AM (#31987399)
I should have said the more appropriate comparison rather than phrasing it rudely as I did; sorry for that.
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Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes by kragen on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @08:23AM (#31987351)
It is discourteous to claim that someone who says something you disagree with actually intended to say something else.

And believe me, I know a thing or two about being discourteous.

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Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes by beowulfey on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @08:28AM (#31987386)
That’s true, I should not have phrased it like that.
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