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Not sure who they're targeting with this. Small guys will go with AWS as it's not worth the risk of using an untested provider to save a few dollars, big guys will likely build their own datacenter/on-premise compute grid.

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Feels like they're targeting the hobby-box market. I picked up the 16gb model because I think it will make my life a bit easier by moving most of my virtual machines away from home. For the price, the hardware necessary is about $500, which is roughly 26 months of paying OVH.

> untested provider

untested? OVH is one of the top-5 ISPs world-wide. They are anything but untested.

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