Kubernetes not cheap to run
> "Kubernetes is not cheap to run," said Singh
What a great throw away statement completely without context or explanation. While Kubernetes or to be more specific containerization is not virtualisation a large number of places will put K8s onto the tin without the virtualisation layer. In effect they are running containers as very light weight VM's. As soon as you remove the visualization layer from a significant number of servers you have just cut a significant cost out of your IT budget.
Perhaps they are talking staffing costs. If you're doing K8s at any scale that staffing cost increase is going to be tiny.
Perhaps he was really meaning "EKS Anywhere will not be cheap to run"