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Not really. They mostly built a second parallel system for aws and moved to using it several years after launch. Yes they used knowledge that existed in house b
by grogenaut 9y ago
Not really. They mostly built a second parallel system for aws and moved to using it several years after launch. Yes they used knowledge that existed in house but it was a totally separate project and mini company
- Theodores 9y agoWe imagined that Amazon AWS was letting us use a few of their servers that were idle because it was not the Xmas rush. This was a convenient narrative at the time and it explained the competitive pricing. Reality was that it was a different gig.
- grogenaut 9y agoI believe that was the goal, but like any large endeavor it took a while to get going.