>They could, but they will not. I intended to say "the number of AWS customers that currently survive on these services alone...". I've updated the comment. M

>They could, but they will not. I intended to say "the number of AWS customers that currently survive on these services alone...". I've updated the comment. My comment was aimed more at those who assume that providers offering only these services would mean they're technically non-competitive with AWS. My overall point is that these services likely represent what many customers are actually using. If you're in an enterprise shop, this may be less true. Same if you're in a funded startup that's convinced it needs infinite scalability and architects accordingly. But, I do agree that it's hard to convince people to resist the dogma. This may be changing as people are starting to question the value of Big Cloud vs its costs, but we'll have to wait for the dogma to follow to see any real change (for those who have access to Big Cloud).