Digital Ocean wasn't around before AWS, but yes, VPS's were a thing before AWS. Cloud services weren't nearly as complex though, usually only offering VPS's and

Digital Ocean wasn't around before AWS, but yes, VPS's were a thing before AWS. Cloud services weren't nearly as complex though, usually only offering VPS's and not much more. Edit: other guy beat me to this. Either way I agree that AWS wasn't integral to DSC's success.