Admiral Patrick to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish • 10 months agoThis one goes out to the sysadmins in the crowd.dubvee.orgimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1971arrow-down120
arrow-up1951arrow-down1imageThis one goes out to the sysadmins in the crowd.dubvee.orgAdmiral Patrick to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-square@1984link19•edit-210 months agoI mean, I would put brilliant in quotes in the way that it’s brilliant for their profits. Not brilliant in the way of making the world a better place.
minus-square@Oderus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink10•10 months agoCompanies hate OpEx and love CapEx. That’s the main driver as companies loathe hardware life cycle costs and prefer a pay as you go model. It is more expensive but it’s more budget friendly as you avoid sticker shock every 3-4 years.
minus-square@coloredgrayscale@programming.devlinkfedilink4•10 months agoThere’s more than just hardware and power cost to servers. Primarily cost of employees taking care of the servers.
minus-square@MonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilink3•10 months agoReplacing hardware only every 6 to 8 years, makes it better.
I mean, I would put brilliant in quotes in the way that it’s brilliant for their profits. Not brilliant in the way of making the world a better place.
Companies hate OpEx and love CapEx. That’s the main driver as companies loathe hardware life cycle costs and prefer a pay as you go model. It is more expensive but it’s more budget friendly as you avoid sticker shock every 3-4 years.
There’s more than just hardware and power cost to servers.
Primarily cost of employees taking care of the servers.
Replacing hardware only every 6 to 8 years, makes it better.