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Count the number of times that a company has hosted with AWS, gotten reasonably (or very) successful, and then had Amazon enter their vertical and completely un
by bkeroack 12y ago
Count the number of times that a company has hosted with AWS, gotten reasonably (or very) successful, and then had Amazon enter their vertical and completely undercut them. Netflix and now Dropbox, at least.
And still startups flock to AWS like it's mana from heaven.
- shostack 12y agoSerious question...what would you suggest as an alternative?
- bkeroack 12y agoThe answer to that depends both on your scale and also probably on the business model (ie, if you're selling a storage solution you have different needs than a dating website). I'm intrigued by Rackspace's new OnMetal service, but at any reasonably large scale it's usually a big win to own the hardware (as long as you can afford redundancy).
- dublinben 12y agoAzure?
- rbanffy 12y agoAnd Microsoft is known for playing nice with partners, right?
- OrwellianChild 12y agoIf AWS allows you to startup and scale without unnecessary overhead, it is mana from heaven. Being successful enough for Amazon to want to compete with you is the sort of problem you want to have... Also, not sure I understand the "Amazon Prime Video undercuts Netflix" argument. $7.50/mo for Prime vs. $9/mo for Netflix Streaming is pretty much the same ballpark, and you have to pay for Prime up front. I have both (gotta get my free shipping), and I find myself using Prime Video only for the HBO shows.
- alttab 12y ago>> using Prime Video only for the HBO shows. Remember when you only went to Amazon to buy books?