Magento Stratus - Magento Going into the Cloud

Its an old battle on forums all over the web - which is better, a hosted solution or hosting your own solution on your own server, based on a platform such as Magento.

Well a recent new development from Magento indicates that this distinction is about to get a lot more blurry.

http://www.magentocommerce.com/stratus

Magento’s Project Stratus is the next evolution in eCommerce; an on-demand platform more powerful and flexible than any other.

Here is the Full FAQ:

Project Stratus FAQs