[Gllug] Cloud computing ( was Re: Linux Petition )

[Bernard Peek]

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
bap at shrdlu.com

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