# Cloud economics – the bit they don’t tell you

- URL: https://dynamicaccounting.net/cloud-economics-the-bit-they-dont-tell-you/
- Date: 2011-01-18
- Topics: Microsoft & the GP Ecosystem
- Type: link to an external article
- Source: http://msdynamicsworld.com/story/accounting/real-disconnect-fueling-cloud-craze-it-has-little-do-costs-and-much-more-do-it

I got some grief for my [cloud based ERP post at MSDynamicsWorld](http://msdynamicsworld.com/story/accounting/real-disconnect-fueling-cloud-craze-it-has-little-do-costs-and-much-more-do-it).  It was clear that a number of commenters didn’t even bother to read the article. They posted things like “you focused too much on ERP”, um, yeah, that’s what I do for a living.

Now curmudgeonly commentator Dennis Howlet of AccMan, takes his own look at Cloud economics – the bit they don’t tell you. Dennis spends a lot of time looking at SAP and Sage and he’s a big proponent of cloud solutions for ERP so some his comments surprised me.