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Except that these cloud providers are trying to undercut each other as much as possible all the time, and you really honestly don't have to use them to build yo
by hiptobecubic 6y ago
Except that these cloud providers are trying to undercut each other as much as possible all the time, and you really honestly don't have to use them to build your service if you don't want to.
If you want a bunch of super convenient features like elastic compute, you will, but they didn't have those features when they built their flagship products.
- pphysch 6y agoPublic cloud providers are very much in the customer acquisition phase. There are still a lot of on-prem datacenters out here that they are trying to compete over for business. Once the entire customer base is locked in more or less, the cartel effect will kick in.
- dannyw 6y agoThat’s what I’m saying though. The big five compete with each other. They collectively work to stop a sixth.