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I don't understand the synergies of AWS within Amazon. Amazon.com is probably one of the biggest clients, but probably not even the biggest. If they were to spl

by dx034 9y ago

I don't understand the synergies of AWS within Amazon. Amazon.com is probably one of the biggest clients, but probably not even the biggest. If they were to split up AWS from Amazon, the entities could be worth more than combined. AWS would lose restrictions of companies that don't like Amazon while Amazon.com could still access the systems.

smelendez 9y ago
AWS generates cash and lets the rest of Amazon operate less profitably. Investors are sufficiently impressed by Bezos's innovations (Prime, AWS itself, Kindle books and Amazon Video+Music, recent price shifts at Whole Foods) that they're willing to go along for the ride. And I don't mean that necessarily negatively: they see Bezos as a visionary in a market he's helping to define.