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by esafak 206 days ago
> And the lock in boogeyman is something only geeks care about. Migrations from one provider to another costs so much money...

You just gave the definition of lock in.

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You are “locked in” to your infrastructure if you have a bunch of VMs at your colo and you need to move.

Do you also suggest that people never use a Colo?

I’ve seen it take a year to move a bunch of VMs from a Colo.