> They enter markets that will take 10 years to mature and then cut their losses when the expected level of profit doesn't appear. Amazon was far from the firs

> They enter markets that will take 10 years to mature and then cut their losses when the expected level of profit doesn't appear. Amazon was far from the first company to do cloud. For instance, Sun Microsystems pushed it in the 90s, and Loudcloud, I mean "Opsware" did it in 2003. I think the difference was that Amazon committed to it for a loooooong time.