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AWS isn't a utility because utilities sell commodities for which you can switch to a competitor easily, as you're buying the same thing. There are companies sel
by mike_hearn 4mo ago
AWS isn't a utility because utilities sell commodities for which you can switch to a competitor easily, as you're buying the same thing. There are companies selling similar products to AWS but none that sell AWS itself.
- monocasa 4mo agoEarly utilities tend to not be built on standards. See how early electric utilities within a country or even a city couldn't agree on voltage, frequency, phase, or even AC vs DC.
- hollerith 4mo agoStill, there is a difference of degree. The engineering cost of making one city's electrical grid compatible with the consumers of a different city's grid were much lower (even if one grid was AC and the other DC) than the engineering cost of moving from AWS to a competitor because electricity is not that complicated. Also, I doubt anyone was referring to electricity as a commodity in the early days before the industry developed standards.
- philistine 4mo agoThe fact that electricity was quickly commoditized does not guarantee that AWS will commoditize.
- brianwawok 3mo agoS3 is. But obviously not all of it.