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Re:How much can you get out of a $4 VPS? by marcosdumay on Monday February 06, 2023 @08:40AM (#34677123)
> because an alternative with the same guarantees and risk costs more

I really doubt this. The one theme you see on almost every AWS proponent is some high amount of delusion about what guarantees AWS actually provides you.

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Re:How much can you get out of a $4 VPS? by gmac on Monday February 06, 2023 @09:50AM (#34678051)
Hmm. I guess there's guarantees that it won't happen, and guarantees that if it happens then it wasn't supposed to and can't be your fault, and the latter may still be pretty attractive to some decision-makers.
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Re:How much can you get out of a $4 VPS? by marcosdumay on Monday February 06, 2023 @11:39AM (#34679997)
> if it happens then it wasn't supposed to and can't be your fault

Yeah, sure. Nobody gets fired for buying from IBM.

Well, if large companies had any competence in decision-making, they would be unbeatable and it would be hopeless to work on anything else at all. So, yeah, that's a public good.

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