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1. Amazon Web Services continue to gain in popularity. 2. Google, Yahoo, etc will all continue to ignore the developers using AWS services and focus on end-use
by bayareaguy 19y ago
1. Amazon Web Services continue to gain in popularity.
2. Google, Yahoo, etc will all continue to ignore the developers using AWS services and focus on end-user applications.
3. But.. familiarity with AWS services, apis and procedures will become the new skill headhunters will be seeking. Amazon will offer an "AWS" Certification.
4. Microsoft will announce (but not deliver) competitive services to AWS.
5. Meanwhile, we'll see plenty of GNU/OSS projects interoperate and compete with AWS as well.
- bayareaguy 19y agoHeh.. it's not even 2008 and already we have ThruDB: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=93297 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=93297
- bayareaguy 19y agoNow we have AWS DevPay too! http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/amazon-raises-the-cloud-platform-bar-again-with-devpay http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/amazon-raises-the... This looks like it could be exactly what I need. Keep up the good work Amazon.
- bayareaguy 19y agoMore evidence #1 - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=107156 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=107156 #4 - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36967 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36967 which is actually 6 months old so I guess it shouldn't count.