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It was actually the CTO of AWS, Werner Vogels. :)

Someone1234 10y ago
Here is an article about it: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-cto-makes-dig-at-pokemon-go-crash-2016-7 http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-cto-makes-dig-at-pokem...
toomuchtodo 10y ago
https://twitter.com/werner/status/751511267702087680 https://twitter.com/werner/status/751511267702087680 https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/4rwrhf/amazons_chief_technology_officer_just_tweeted/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/4rwrhf/amazons_c... Werner actually posted as himself in that Reddit thread ^ "Guys, this was not intended as a snark, joke, rip or self-promotion. I just want people (including myself) to play given how much fun it is. We have some experience in running big software systems that need to scale and just want to help. Update for the skeptics: yes I am @werner, not Amazon PR. I have the same username on Instagram." EDIT: Unless you can prove the snark or malicious intent was there, to say otherwise is disingenuous.
- brazzledazzle 10y ago
  Seems a bit like back peddling. He knows that Google has experience running big software systems that need to scale as well. We all know it. He also knows Alphabet is a part-owner of Niantic.
- dekhn 10y ago
  There was no reason to tweet it publicly. After all, he can talk to Hanke any time he wants. Tweeting it like that was snark.
- pbarnes_1 10y ago
  Except that... I'm pretty sure Google knows how to run big software systems... This is called back-peddling.
  - toomuchtodo 10y ago
    They have downtime/issues just like everyone else [1]. Shit is complicated. Shit breaks. No one is infallible. [1] https://status.cloud.google.com/summary https://status.cloud.google.com/summary
- patrec 10y ago
  Yup, it's all about Werner just wanting to play Pokemon Go in a purely private capacity, and he naturally expects his company to help him with that. Nothing at all to do with PR or business.

Here is an article about it: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-cto-makes-dig-at-pokemon-go-crash-2016-7 http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-cto-makes-dig-at-pokem...

toomuchtodo 10y ago

https://twitter.com/werner/status/751511267702087680 https://twitter.com/werner/status/751511267702087680 https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/4rwrhf/amazons_chief_technology_officer_just_tweeted/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/4rwrhf/amazons_c... Werner actually posted as himself in that Reddit thread ^ "Guys, this was not intended as a snark, joke, rip or self-promotion. I just want people (including myself) to play given how much fun it is. We have some experience in running big software systems that need to scale and just want to help. Update for the skeptics: yes I am @werner, not Amazon PR. I have the same username on Instagram." EDIT: Unless you can prove the snark or malicious intent was there, to say otherwise is disingenuous.

brazzledazzle 10y ago
Seems a bit like back peddling. He knows that Google has experience running big software systems that need to scale as well. We all know it. He also knows Alphabet is a part-owner of Niantic.
dekhn 10y ago
There was no reason to tweet it publicly. After all, he can talk to Hanke any time he wants. Tweeting it like that was snark.
pbarnes_1 10y ago
Except that... I'm pretty sure Google knows how to run big software systems... This is called back-peddling.
- toomuchtodo 10y ago
  They have downtime/issues just like everyone else [1]. Shit is complicated. Shit breaks. No one is infallible. [1] https://status.cloud.google.com/summary https://status.cloud.google.com/summary
patrec 10y ago
Yup, it's all about Werner just wanting to play Pokemon Go in a purely private capacity, and he naturally expects his company to help him with that. Nothing at all to do with PR or business.