FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes

Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes by dylan604 on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @09:30AM (#31987991)

As a startup, the greatest benifit of cloud compute isn't the fact that I can scale up at the push of a button, but that I can scale DOWN at the push of a button. I want to test things on beefy systems, but I don't want to have to pay for those systems any longer than I need to use them. To me, this is the single best thing about cloud compute.

Once your start up has become an established company and are so busy that you are no longer able to scale down regularly, it seems that's the time to start having your own compute vs continuing to line the pockets of the cloud providers.

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Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes by kragen on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @08:10PM (#31995289)

Yeah, that's my thinking. Also as a small startup they don't benefit from confiscating your profits through price discrimination; if anything, they benefit from "investing" in you as a customer, to help you get to profitability, while remaining as addicted as possible to their services.

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Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes by kragen on Sunday July 10, 2022 @11:42AM (#32045730)

Dangling modifier here: I meant, "Also, when you are a small startup, they don't benefit from confiscating your profits through price discrimination."

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