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I suspect that this will change soon as well, because increased hardware
prices will also affect the business model where a generous amount of CI
time is essentially free for open source projects, in the hope that the
people will get used to it, and convince their companies to buy the
expensive business plans.
There may be some efficiency trade-offs. But if the datacenter is green anyway and is not really space-limited, then re-using old tech is a net benefit. It also reduces the e-waste (or effort of e-recycling).
I am *generally* an optimistic person, I understand that others may be way more sceptical than me in evaluating events and possible future developments. But decisions should not be made from extreme predictions - neither from absolute optimism, nor from absolute doomerism.
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Best regards,
Aigars Mahinovs