On Aug 16, 2017, at 7:48 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >>> our value-add is your application and >>> customer support - not haphazardly configuring and maintaining >>> infrastructure in your spare(?) time. >> This. >> If all you’re doing is moving your workload from an in-house machine >> to a remote machine, you’re really not getting much benefit beyond >> reduced capex costs. > > But saving money on not having to have an in-house DBA, letting the vendor > take care of the 24/7 and patches etc....isn't that a good thing?
That’s just what I said: the gain by using cloud services is that you don’t have to spend your own time on the stuff that you mentioned, and can instead focus on providing value by developing applications. -- Ed Leafe _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

