Alison Wheeler wrote:
>>>A
company that leases
>>>servers may easily give in to legal challenges or other backhanded
>>>threats.
>>>
>>>
Can I just clarify for people who may not be aware of such things, but
there are *two* basic forms of leasing.
One is where the company 'selling' the equipment provides the leasing
facility, such that the equipment remains the property of that company
during the lease (basically what has been discussed)
The other is a Finance lease, where you 'buy' the finance separately, use
that finance to pay the equipment supplier and own the equipment yourself,
subject to payments to the bank or other provider of the finance.
I don't see the latter definition as applicable. It's a question of why
we would consider leasing in the first place. The latter is more suited
to companies with a cash flow problem, or where there are tax motivated
considerations. For us, the underlying motivation is asset protection.
Ec