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It doesn't really make sense. Yes, if Amazon is down, Twilio is down but that's true for anything. If your internet connection goes down, you can't access Twil
by Timothee 18y ago
It doesn't really make sense.
Yes, if Amazon is down, Twilio is down but that's true for anything. If your internet connection goes down, you can't access Twilio either.
But chances are that Amazon's EC2 will be up while one startup's own servers will break.
I find that interesting how relying on cloud computing is often met with two remarks:
1. If Amazon/GAE/Rackspace goes down, your company is down too.
2. Why should I trust Amazon/Google with my data?
But why would you trust the company that uses these providers more than the providers themselves? The providers probably have more to lose. And why would that company be better at keeping the servers up and running?
- DenisM 18y agoI think there are some worthy arguments: 1. Lock-in. Not an issue with Amazon (except for bandwidth lock-in but this is easy to mitigate). With GAE one you wrote your app it's very hard to move it out of there - where would you go? 2. Monopoly formation. Not an issue yet, but may be soon. 3. If Google is trying to acquire you (ha!) they will have a bargaining advantage. Not an issue with your garden-variety web host.