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New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Is your company sticking to on-premise servers? Why?

Ask HN: Is your company sticking to on-premise servers? Why?
483 by aspyct | 517 comments on Hacker News.
I've been managing servers for quite some time now. At home, on prem, in the cloud... The more I learn, the more I believe cloud is the only competitive solution today, even for sensitive industries like banking or medical. I honestly fail to see any good reason not to use the cloud anymore, at least for business. Cost-wise, security-wise, whatever-wise. What's a good reason to stick to on-prem today for new projects? To be clear, this is not some troll question. I'm curious: am I missing something?

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