> The AWS bet is that some companies, especially when starting out, will pay a high premium to not have to manage certain physical resources, and to have the fl

> The AWS bet is that some companies, especially when starting out, will pay a high premium to not have to manage certain physical resources, and to have the flexibility to scale up or down easily It's not even a high premium if you need what cloud offerings have. Management is expensive. Scaling is expensive. Security and compliance is expensive. Cloud isn't for everyone, but when you need what it offers it can be amazingly cost effective.