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also, I didn't downvote you but your comment was uncharitable to the people building eks anywhere and was basically conspiracy theory. iirc, it was something to
by dastbe 5y ago
also, I didn't downvote you but your comment was uncharitable to the people building eks anywhere and was basically conspiracy theory. iirc, it was something to the effect of this product making people hate on-prem and ultimately moving to the cloud.
- slimsag 5y agothanks for the insight; I didn't think my comment would be interpreted that way but I can see how it might've been so I appreciate you shedding some light on that. My intent was to call into question how Amazon would benefit from building an on-prem EKS solution. I had questioned whether or not they hoped it would lead to more cloud hardware sales, or whether or not selling support for this (which they clearly call out as an offering) would be the primary benefit for them. I didn't think it was unfair or conspiratorial to question this, but I can see now maybe people interpreted that as "zomg amazon is trying to kill on-prem!!" FUD when, really, I was just genuinely asking because it seemed out of character for them to me.
- dastbe 5y agoso caveat this with the fact that i used to work at aws, but one thing aws is really good at is listening to customers and reacting. a few years back aws messaging was very much so single-cloud and no on-prem. but after listening to customers, there’s been quite a shift to prioritizing them through things like outposts and eks/ecs anywhere. even for something that’s effectively free like eks-a, it can drive revenue by keeping customers all-in with aws and helps with brand loyalty and trust.