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2006 was the year that Amazon launched Amazon Web Services, a computer hardware business that leveraged the commoditization of hardware I’m not sure that’s tru
by goatinaboat 7y ago
2006 was the year that Amazon launched Amazon Web Services, a computer hardware business that leveraged the commoditization of hardware
I’m not sure that’s true. IIRC AWS started as a way to monetise the excess capacity that Amazon had to have on-hand anyway to cope with spikes.
- Illniyar 7y agoAs far as I understand it, amazon did not use AWS servers for their Amazon store infrastructure at all, at least not in the beginning. So it didn't actually "monetize excess capacity" rather it saw an opportunity and seized it with completely new investment.
- sterwill 7y agoThat story doesn't appear to be true. https://www.networkworld.com/article/2891297/the-myth-about-how-amazon-s-web-service-started-just-won-t-die.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/2891297/the-myth-about-...