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0 pointsacdha6y ago0 comments

It’s a “false equivalence” or “flawed sales tactic” to suggest planning using total costs? That’s what both engineers and business people are supposed to do - and reflexively attacking it really does not cast your motives in a good light.

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twic6y ago· 2 in thread

It's a false equivalence to suggest that managed services have zero staff costs, and that using a DIY database has a staff cost measured in whole FTEs.

acdhaOP6y ago

That could be the answer to the question which was actually asked but if you read the thread again, notice that you’re arguing against a claim nobody made.

twic6y ago

Scroll up, my dude:

> False equivalence. The engineer will be doing more than just cloud work.

> This comparison is the #1 flawed sales tactic the cloud companies use to convince you youre saving money

"False equivalence. The engineer will be doing more than just cloud work" -> "It's a false equivalence to suggest that [...] using a DIY database has a staff cost measured in whole FTEs."

Hey, maybe AWS should launch some kind of ML-powered reading-comprehension-as-a-service?

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