Very true, but if you're using EC2 you're still going to need those skills anyways. It's not like those instances manage themselves. If you've ever seriously

Very true, but if you're using EC2 you're still going to need those skills anyways. It's not like those instances manage themselves. If you've ever seriously used EC2 to do anything, you've probably already got those skills anyway. What IaaS really saves you is the tedium of dealing with the physical aspects of servers. No requisitioning hardware, driving to co-los, dealing with phasing hardware out, etc.