Basecamp says goodbye to public cloud in growing challenge to established narrative

David Heinemeir Hansson sets out thinking behind the company’s decision to leave the cloud.

Ruby on Rails creator and Basecamp partner David Heinemeir Hansson has published a blog headlined “Why we’re leaving the cloud” that indicates gathering momentum behind the ideas we set out in the cover feature of our quarterly magazine Orbit.

Hansson’s blunt conclusion is: “We’ve seen all the cloud has

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