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> GoDaddy believes it’s filling a niche that AWS is not actually serving that well right now: smaller businesses that need cloud services im having a really ha

> GoDaddy believes it’s filling a niche that AWS is not actually serving that well right now: smaller businesses that need cloud services im having a really hard time believing anyone will use this "cloud" unless they are clueless and are baited into it by some salespeople. All clouds are not equal. It's difficult to maintain uptime and especially security. The skilled engineers who do it right are expensive and not easy to come by, and you're competing with places like FB, Google, and Amazon. What will godaddy offer these engineers to win them over? My guess is that they'll hire cheap and the quality will show through.

cddotdotslash 11y ago
And how is AWS _not_ filling this niche? With their generous free tier, you can practically launch and run a business for a year without paying anything. Even after that, AWS is great for small businesses. Sure, you actually have to pick a product and launch on it, but AWS handles the uptime, (most) security, etc.
- geoka9 11y ago
  > run a business for a year without paying anything. Is their free tier limited to one year?
  - ryan-c 11y ago
    > The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Free Tier is designed to enable you to get hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services. The AWS Free Tier includes services with a free tier available for 12 months following your AWS sign-up date, as well as additional service offers that do not automatically expire at the end of your 12 month AWS Free Tier term. https://aws.amazon.com/free/ https://aws.amazon.com/free/ There's a list there of what does/does not expire.