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> AWS is already a large and fast growing business. But isn't AWS the same as Amazon, just instead of selling a new vacuum, its selling cloud compute? Its stil
by closetCS 8y ago
> AWS is already a large and fast growing business.
But isn't AWS the same as Amazon, just instead of selling a new vacuum, its selling cloud compute? Its still e-commerce, just rebranded as "cloud provider."
- robotresearcher 8y agoLeasing services opposed to mail order retail? Seems like a very different business to me.
- BraveNewCurency 8y agoSure, they share a lot, like: - Billing: One bills you before shipping, the other bills at the end of the month. - Cart: One lets you add items to a cart, the other lets you use products via API. - Delivery: One requires warehouses all over the world, the other requires data centers all over the world. Only warehouses and data centers are so specialized that they aren't interchangeable. - 3rd parties: One is a platform for creating online storefronts where 3rd parties can sell. The other is a platform that runs any code you want. - One has a mass market audience of consumers, the other has a highly specialized market of developers. Hmm, on second thought, maybe they are not the same business.