Re: Cloud computing ( was Re: Linux Petition )
Bernard Peek <[email protected]>
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On 24/04/12 23:07, JLMS wrote: > You can also use thousands of cores to throw at a problem for a few > thousand pounds instead of expending hundreds of thousands or even > millions of pounds on a system of comparable power. That's correct but misleading. You can rent a vast number of cores for a limited period for less than the cost of building a comparable hardware solution. If you intend to use a vast number of cores for a very long time then it's still cheaper to buy rather than rent. Except that if you build the system yourself you have it on the books as an asset that you can only write down at a rate agreed by the tax man. Cloud solutions are always paid for from the operating budget not the capital budget. That has tax advantages, until the Chancellor changes the rules again. -- Bernard Peek [email protected] -- Gllug mailing list - [email protected] http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug