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> and we aren't worried. So are you working on designing them out? Or are you counting on them never giving your AWS account short shrift?

• wpietri 14y ago
  I think Amazon is smart enough to know that they can't give anybody short shrift. The only reason they're the leading computing platform is trust. Trust is the biggest factor in a platform decision, and they'd be foolish to put all their other business at risk for a temporary advantage in one small slice. Especially since they are still making money on every Zencoder job.
  • jpdoctor 14y ago
    > I think Amazon is smart enough to know that they can't give anybody short shrift. Really? One example: When states threatened sales tax (before CA), they cut off retailers in those states. They can and they have given people short shrift when it's in their business interest. To be fair, that just means they know how to increase sales by selecting who gets thrown to the lions, which is necessary in any business.
    • wpietri 14y ago
      Sorry, I am speaking specifically of the AWS business. I think most people making platform selections are mainly focused on AWS. I'm sure they pay some attention now to Amazon proper, but their affiliate programs were a peripheral thing, and
  • brownbat 14y ago
    > The only reason they're the leading computing platform is trust. Is there a lot of that left since they knocked Netflix offline on Christmas eve?
    • huhtenberg 14y ago
      Plenty left.