>> In addition: long before AWS you could easily rent virtualized or dedicated servers. > I disagree with this statement. Your disagreement here is without mer

>> In addition: long before AWS you could easily rent virtualized or dedicated servers. > I disagree with this statement. Your disagreement here is without merit. You are talking about facets that were never even mentioned by the GP. If you wanted to list those things off as why the previous situation was suboptimal, fine, do that. But how can you disagree with a (presumably) completely factual statement?