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The only thing that struck out at me as odd from this announcement was that it wasn't phrased like: "Amazon is excited to announce!" (Most of you probably know

The only thing that struck out at me as odd from this announcement was that it wasn't phrased like: "Amazon is excited to announce!" (Most of you probably know what I'm talking about)... http://blog.mailchimp.com/the-email-person-at-amazon-web-services-is-really-really-excited/ http://blog.mailchimp.com/the-email-person-at-amazon-web-ser... This is the first ever ever product announcement that I've ever seen Amazon make where they weren't excited to announce. > Amazon Web Services is pleased to announce AWS Marketplace, an online store where customers can find, buy, and quickly deploy software that runs on AWS.

reitzensteinm 15y ago
Whoever writes the AWS announcement emails probably read that blog post, and has sworn off the phrase for life.
zerostar07 15y ago
This time s?he was simply pleased. Maybe s?he doesn't like this one. Amazon Web Services is pleased to announce AWS Marketplace, an online store where customers can find, buy, and quickly deploy software that runs on AWS.
vijayr 15y ago
haha, nice comment from Jeff Barr in that article We’re excited to see that you are excited about our excitement over our exciting series of releases. If we change to another adjective, the only logical post title would be “Amazon is no longer excited.” And that wouldn’t be too exciting now, would it?
kmfrk 15y ago
Great, now I can't unhear the announcement in Droopey's voice.
larsberg 15y ago
It may be a Seattle-area thing. When I worked at Microsoft, the "super excited" phrase was a bit of a running joke, but it still didn't stop us from using it at every conference, in every public e-mail, hallways, etc. Search for Microsoft AND "super excited" and you will not be disappointed. You will see both modern hits and results dating back to the dark, dim days of web indexing, from which results are rarely returned.

reitzensteinm 15y ago

Whoever writes the AWS announcement emails probably read that blog post, and has sworn off the phrase for life.

zerostar07 15y ago

This time s?he was simply pleased. Maybe s?he doesn't like this one. Amazon Web Services is pleased to announce AWS Marketplace, an online store where customers can find, buy, and quickly deploy software that runs on AWS.

vijayr 15y ago

haha, nice comment from Jeff Barr in that article We’re excited to see that you are excited about our excitement over our exciting series of releases. If we change to another adjective, the only logical post title would be “Amazon is no longer excited.” And that wouldn’t be too exciting now, would it?

kmfrk 15y ago

Great, now I can't unhear the announcement in Droopey's voice.

larsberg 15y ago

It may be a Seattle-area thing. When I worked at Microsoft, the "super excited" phrase was a bit of a running joke, but it still didn't stop us from using it at every conference, in every public e-mail, hallways, etc. Search for Microsoft AND "super excited" and you will not be disappointed. You will see both modern hits and results dating back to the dark, dim days of web indexing, from which results are rarely returned.