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Notice how Amazon.com itself is unaffected. They're a lot smarter than us.
by benwilber0 10y ago
Notice how Amazon.com itself is unaffected. They're a lot smarter than us.
- officelineback 10y agoBrowsing works but some functionality is broken; for example you can't view your order history.
- yichi 10y agoI do recall reading somewhere that Amazon.com isn't actually hosted or fully leveraging on the AWS platform, mostly due to the political struggle between the AWS and the merchant department.
- Raphmedia 10y agoSales Department: "We require 100% uptime! Can you do that?" AWS Department: "Wellll, if we don't change the status to red, it's as if we were up all the time!"
- p0rkbelly 10y agoThere are public talks on Youtube from Amazon.com titled "Drinking our own Champagne" where they say the opposite.
- krakensden 10y agoYeah, that was the original pitch for AWS. Engineering presentations since the initial launch have included "yeah... not quite" admissions though.
- bpicolo 10y agoThe ability is there for any company to take advantage of multiple regions. Takes time and money, but it's doable.