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That's funny because AWS definitely feels like the IBM or Sun of this current era. I wonder what comes along next or if AWS is the "end of history".
by vp8989 6y ago
That's funny because AWS definitely feels like the IBM or Sun of this current era. I wonder what comes along next or if AWS is the "end of history".
- Ericson2314 6y agoAWS is not the end of history. The hardware arch is still completely insane PC lineage too much, and now that electricity not hardware costs predominate, the calculus is has shifted tons.
- 0xbadcafebee 6y agoAWS is in their 1970's IBM phase. Riding high, wealthy, good reputation, not much real competition. In 10 years they will be knocked on their heels as they fail to adjust to a new industry change. My suspicion is that eventually AWS will become the "mainframes" of tech, and a new software+hardware paradigm will make all their services obsolete and their hardware too expensive. My money's on the return of store-and-forward communications. Once your watch has as much power and storage as a SunFire T2000, and every IoT device can store terabytes of data on gigabit networks, who the hell needs redundant servers?
- pjmlp 6y agoCloud computing is the mainframes of 21st century, with upgraded terminals, so it suits them.