This has the potential of bringing Amazon into an industry they helped create, but were never a major contender in. I'm talking about the space DigitalOcean an

This has the potential of bringing Amazon into an industry they helped create, but were never a major contender in. I'm talking about the space DigitalOcean and Linode now occupy. Hobbyists who need a quick, multipurpose machine might actually consider Amazon now. Either that, or a new "hosting" company will slap a simpler UI on top of EC2 and reap the benefits.