[Info-vax] Special deals on Tape Drives

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-03-07, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 3/6/2022 7:37 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2022-03-06, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>> What happens if the supplier of servers for your on premise data center
>>> crank up prices for servers 50-75%?
>>>
>>> It doesn't happen. Hardware becomes cheaper over time. And cloud cost
>>> follows hardware cost.
>> 
>> Hardware is only a small part of it.
>
> No.
>
> Hardware is a very big chunk of a public cloud operation.
>
>> As a reminder, VSI have now moved to time-limited production licences.
>
> I don't think that has any impact on AWS/Azure/GCP IaaS offerings.
>

I was replying to your first paragraph above. It gives VSI the opportunity
to crank up prices when the licences need to be renewed.

Simon.

PS: "I am altering the price of your licences. Pray I do not alter
them any further." :-)

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