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This is perhaps true where budget is severely constrained, or where Windows servers are spec'd, or where developers do systems administration, or where the corporate culture won't pay for capable IT.

Experienced IT staff can typically exceed the uptime of Google and Salesforce on a standard budget with no special accommodation. Perhaps the organization's IP (intellectual property) wasn't really worth that much, or upper management forced their hand? Sounds like that wasn't the case but you never really know.