Amazon's pricing is complicated for this kind of price comparison - it actually costs ~$150/yr to run a micro instance full-time. Here's the math: http://news.

Amazon's pricing is complicated for this kind of price comparison - it actually costs ~$150/yr to run a micro instance full-time. Here's the math: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2049196 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2049196