[djsumdog]

I think this is the wrong analogue. I absolutely would not trust Amazon or Microsoft with my personal data (I'm the type that hosts my own e-mail, sync, docs, etc.)

Now for a BUSINESS, I could see the advantage in less maintenance cost and being able to spin up/down services easily. It is easier and that cost is measurable (up to a point; when you get big enough AWS costs become obscene compared to self-hosting. I've been at more than one shop that moved things back on-prem to save money).

[qz2]

Yeah migrating to AWS is not cheaper. It never is. It’s a complete fucking lie to be honest.

I’m actually dealing with an issue where one RDS instance in AWS costs more over three years than the entire infrastructure and software investment did on the on-prem.

[JamesBarney]

When they talk about being cheaper, they're talking about the salary of an infrastructure team, not the cost of the infrastructure itself.

[qz2]

I’m including that. We still need the same DBA and now we have numerous AWS cert people. More cost and not necessarily more clue I have found.

[JamesBarney]

Pre-cloud I remember having 10 full time infrastructure guys to support 100 devs by building servers, installing software, setting up backups, buying licenses, setting up the network, creating credentials, patching software, etc...

Most of the projects I work on now have 1-2 IT people supporting 100 devs.

[corty]

Wait until the cloud-fan downvote brigade hears of your post. I can already hear them stirring...