Yes, EC2 is not a cloud for Amazon. If tomorrow everyone moves away from it, they will be stuck with many millions in sunk costs for hardware, rack space, datac

Yes, EC2 is not a cloud for Amazon. If tomorrow everyone moves away from it, they will be stuck with many millions in sunk costs for hardware, rack space, datacenters, paid peerings.. they didn't rent that stuff by the hour. Feel free to replace Amazon with TestingBot in this description as you see fit, because right now you are confused as to what is a cloud to whom. (Mind you, I'm still only discussing the financial side here, as this was the reason the original post cited. In technical terms, of course they are still a cloud, but so is the mainframe emulator on my Raspberry)