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Article mentions that, yeah - cost savings are based on their already heavily discounted deal with Oracle.
by QuadrupleA 7y ago
Article mentions that, yeah - cost savings are based on their already heavily discounted deal with Oracle.
- remon 7y agoI think OP was asking if Amazon is calculating their savings based on the public AWS service pricing or their own cost for running on those AWS services (there's obviously a good chunk of margin on what it costs to run AWS and what the listed service prices are for those services).
- dastbe 7y agoI think OP means Amazon’s discount on AWS. Many customers on AWS have contracts that guarantee discounted rates given sufficient volume. People have commented on hn about negotiating them, and you can see some examples from recent IPO filings. Amazon (the non-AWS parts) are yet another customer of AWS, and wherever possible you should expect them to operate like one. They even buy RIs!
- sofaofthedamned 7y agoThanks - yes that's exactly what I meant
- QuadrupleA 7y agoOops, thanks for clarifying.
- alienallys 7y agoHe was referring to RDS list price.