> Remember "cloud" was a solution looking for a problem also: server colocation had been around for 30 years prior True, although "you get root on it", "it tak

> Remember "cloud" was a solution looking for a problem also: server colocation had been around for 30 years prior True, although "you get root on it", "it takes 2 minutes to set up", and "it costs $10/mo" were properties that never really lived together before "the cloud". The value prop for cloud VMs was immediately obvious for a lot of people. And, at least in the crowd I roll with, managed systems like Google App Engine had very obvious utility out of the gate too (I can just push Python code to it and it'll manage all the servers for me? Woah!)