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What's funny is that the core of your offering is copied/inspired from AWS.

• boulos 10y ago
  Eh. Neither Amazon nor "anyone" else invented the discounts for commitments model. We were very resistant for a long time (me especially), but customers simply demanded that we give them a discount if they'd promise to run 24x7 (and for databases that does make a lot of sense).
  • andrewguenther 10y ago
    The original commenter means that Amazon invented cloud computing as we know it today. You're welcome. Disclosure: I work on AWS (See how annoying that is?)
    • boulos 10y ago
      Not at all!
      • TheDong 10y ago
        Just keep digging; maybe it'll be more annoying once you've hit the lower crust.
    • thr0waway1239 10y ago
      But wait. Google created the internet so Amazon can now do business. And Apple invented the PC so both Amazon and Google can do business. Knuth invented computer science so all three of them can engage in business. And von Neumann was Knuth's daddy, because he basically invented computing, without which none of you would have done anything particularly useful. And as von Neumann's ghost, I have a message for y'all: "Stop it, you pathetic loser chumps! Y'all are too stupid to even identify real innovation if it came and slapped you in the face all day"