[OldManAndTheCpp]

Because the services offered after getting onto the public cloud are better than the internal ones, more transparently priced, and cheaper.

[kkarakk]

*if they've bothered to hire more than a cloud specialist. Most of the time the in-house talent won't have time to train in the specificities of cloud used and things with continue as earlier albeit now with cloud branding

[scarface74]

There is nothing cheaper about cloud than bare metal if you’re doing a “lift and shift” and you’re not willing to change your processes.