There are pros and cons. Certainly I've been able to delete huge swaths of DW code and reduce the operational work required by using "the cloud." We no longer run our own databases, memcache, MogileeFS, and soon I think I can kill TheSchwartz/Gearman...
It's nice to be able to just have someone else worry about making those things work and just being able to focus on actually making the site better. (Well, once I'm through applying machetes to things...)
On the other hand, it is more expensive than running it ourselves, but we're making it work!
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It's nice to be able to just have someone else worry about making those things work and just being able to focus on actually making the site better. (Well, once I'm through applying machetes to things...)
On the other hand, it is more expensive than running it ourselves, but we're making it work!