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> the market wants what Amazon is selling You say that as if it's an immutable fact, as permanent as the laws of nature. Market demand changes all the time. >
by scribu 11y ago
> the market wants what Amazon is selling
You say that as if it's an immutable fact, as permanent as the laws of nature. Market demand changes all the time.
> no amount of blasting VMs is going to undo that.
I wouldn't be so certain, especially if you have strong performance and ergonomic arguments to back you up. Even more so if you actually have a better alternative to offer.
- dmourati 11y agoStrong opinion, weakly held. If you have any evidence to counter AWS cloud dominance please do share. Sources: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2015/05/28/gartner-aws-pulls-further-ahead-in-iaas-cloud-market/ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2015/05/28/gartn..., http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/194876/5-things-we-learned-about-aws-from-amazons-q3-earnings http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/194876/5-things-we-learned-a...
- scribu 11y agoAWS is clearly dominant right now, as your links show. What I'm disagreeing with is the idea that it will be dominant in the future. On the other hand, who's to say they won't start offering containers on bare-metal and keep their lead?