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Re:We use our own hardware at Fastmail by zosima on Sunday December 22, 2024 @10:37AM (#42486967)
You are focusing on technology. And sure of course you can get most of the benefits of AWS a lot cheaper when self-hosting.

But when you start factoring internal processes and incompetent IT departments, suddenly that's not actually a viable option in many real-world scenarios.

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Re:We use our own hardware at Fastmail by jeffbee on Sunday December 22, 2024 @10:48AM (#42487037)
Exactly. With the cloud you can suddenly do all the things your tyrannical Windows IT admin has been saying are impossible for the last 30 years.
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Re:We use our own hardware at Fastmail by the_arun on Sunday December 22, 2024 @11:52AM (#42487503)
It is similar to cooking at home vs ordering cooked food everyday. If some guarantees the taste & quality people would happy to outsource it.
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