[indolering]

I think it's a joke: you REALLY don't want to own your own servers.

[lta]

I don't think it is. There are many many cases where you do want to own them. The people you rent yours from are making a shit load of money so it doesn't sound that bad of an idea

[sophacles]

I buy lots of things from people who make a pile of money from low margin goods/services sheerly on scale. There are many things i could not reproduce more cheaply from constituent parts, even if i value my time at $0.

This includes things I have expertise in.

[rcxdude]

AWS is clearly not in a low-margin business, though.

[onoesworkacct]

you're going to save money by having your own physical servers?

[integralid]

Yes, a lot of money in fact.

[rcxdude]

The challenges of doing so are often significantly overstated. It can make a lot of sense to own them.

[brianwawok]

It sometimes makes financial sense to own your own servers

[UltraSane]

You do if you need absolute control over data location, isolation, and physical access.