--- title: 95% aren't being used. #coffeesoftware #CameronPurdy description: Cameron Purdy shares an anecdote from Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, where 95% of servers in Sun's data centers were still running after migration... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/95-aren-t-being-used-coffeesoftware-cameronpurdy-h5woj2q0z twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 95% aren't being used. #coffeesoftware #CameronPurdy | daily.dev og:description: Cameron Purdy shares an anecdote from Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, where 95% of servers in Sun's data centers were still running after migration... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/95-aren-t-being-used-coffeesoftware-cameronpurdy-h5woj2q0z og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/H5WOJ2Q0Z.png og:image:alt: 95% aren't being used. #coffeesoftware #CameronPurdy og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 95% aren't being used. #coffeesoftware #CameronPurdy **[Coffee \+ Software](https://daily.dev/sources/coffee-software)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cameron Purdy shares an anecdote from Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, where 95% of servers in Sun's data centers were still running after migration with no one claiming ownership. Even after two warnings, nobody complained when the power was shut off. He draws a parallel to cloud spending, noting that most EC2 bills are dominated by unused or barely-used instances, highlighting massive efficiency waste in terms of electricity, e-waste, and unnecessary infrastructure. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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