Does Cloud Computing COST a premium? (or is it competitive with shared/managed/co-location)

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Published on 2010-04-25T17:38:55Z Indexed on 2010/04/26 4:43 UTC
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Since cloud solutions (Google AppEngine, Amazon, etc.) do more for you, at the end of the day do they cost significantly more than doing it "yourself" with co-location hosting, etc.

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