Well, if you replace "hardware" with "infrastructure", it starts making sense. Somewhat realistic scenario goes like this:
The CTO makes a decision to move to AWS. A couple of "server huggers" on the team start blaming AWS's "shitty infrastructure" for unexplainable latency spikes and increased downtime. The CTO responds blaming their "terrible code" for not being designed properly and points at Netflix.
The CTO makes a decision to move to AWS. A couple of "server huggers" on the team start blaming AWS's "shitty infrastructure" for unexplainable latency spikes and increased downtime. The CTO responds blaming their "terrible code" for not being designed properly and points at Netflix.