Arrested DevOps Live – with Andrew Clay Shafer and Bryan Cantrill [video]

Re:Arrested DevOps Live – with Andrew Clay Shafer and Bryan ... by bogomipz on Sunday September 17, 2017 @07:18AM (#15269112)

At 22:33 in the video Bryan Cantrill states "S3 was arguably a lucky innovation for Amazon."

Does anyone know what he is implying here? What was "lucky" about it?

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Re:Arrested DevOps Live – with Andrew Clay Shafer and Bryan ... by windowsworkstoo on Sunday September 17, 2017 @09:22AM (#15269474)

lucky that folks wanted massive storage and only wanted to pay for what they stored.

also lucky they were Johnny on the spot and had the right mix of product at the right time

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Re:Arrested DevOps Live – with Andrew Clay Shafer and Bryan ... by Natales on Sunday September 17, 2017 @09:58AM (#15269619)

Exactly. "Never confuse wisdom with luck" (44th Ferengi Rule of Acquisition)

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