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Re:Lessons Learned from 11 Years of Hosting a SaaS by rocho on Thursday June 15, 2023 @04:57AM (#36337951)
And then there's Twitter who doesn't pay GCS and AWS for months and keeps operating normally.
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Re:Lessons Learned from 11 Years of Hosting a SaaS by AndroTux on Thursday June 15, 2023 @05:03AM (#36337990)
Yeah, Twitter is totally comparable in that case, $50 a month is exactly the same thing as however many Millions of Dollars Twitter is paying to GCS/AWS with presumably custom contracts. But just to humor you: https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/14/twitter-is-being-evicted-f...
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Re:Lessons Learned from 11 Years of Hosting a SaaS by rocho on Thursday June 15, 2023 @06:22AM (#36338489)
> many Millions of Dollars Twitter is paying to GCS/AWS

But they aren't paying anymore!

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Re:Lessons Learned from 11 Years of Hosting a SaaS by robertlagrant on Thursday June 15, 2023 @08:05AM (#36339282)
Apropos of nothing, $27k/mo for an office for 300 people!?
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Re:Lessons Learned from 11 Years of Hosting a SaaS by scott_w on Thursday June 15, 2023 @05:04AM (#36337996)
I can guarantee you they’re not ignoring emails from their providers, if this is the case.

Account management involves a lot of discussion and your account manager will keep the service running if they think the bill will eventually get paid.

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