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That's a pretty ridiculous statement. Amazon won't dump money into BS just because, but they are absolutely willing to take big risks if the payoff is there.
by aanm1988 10y ago
That's a pretty ridiculous statement. Amazon won't dump money into BS just because, but they are absolutely willing to take big risks if the payoff is there.
- spdionis 10y agoBoth big risk and long term? I don't think so. They're not a company with much philosophical vision. They provide good, useful, services to make money. That's not enough to start a successful operating system. I don't mean to bash Amazon. They do well what they do, at the scale they have. I only think the project would not fit the company as it is now.
- aanm1988 10y agoI'm saying you fundamentally misunderstand Amazon. The entire thing is based on long term thinking. It's why they spent decades building out a massive logistics infrastructure instead of turning a profit. It's why they spend tons on robotics, drones, and grocery stores that can eb run without people. They have been manufacturing tablets for years. They built kindle. They built a (disaster of a) phone. Amazon doesn't waste money just because. But if they saw the potential return in developing an OS (say they decide that having a custom OS as their base for AWS) they are absolutely the type of company that would pursue it.
- spdionis 10y agoMaybe you're right and I'm mistaken. That said, I'd like to note that a custom OS for AWS (servers), and a user OS (desktop or mobile) are extremely different things.