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The datacenters is also just part of it. All that software is itself part of the deal. That said, people could build competing services to some AWS products rig
by DickingAround 11y ago
The datacenters is also just part of it. All that software is itself part of the deal. That said, people could build competing services to some AWS products right on top of AWS' own services...
- alex_anglin 11y agoThey already do for video streaming and cloud storage, among others probably. Still a nice position for Amazon to be in. FWIW, I've been told that their investment per data center is in the billion dollar range. That capital requirement is definitely a barrier to entry.