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Re:Amazon is down ... implications for AWS? by jfornear on Friday June 06, 2008 @04:09PM (#211145)
Unrelated, but that is exactly why those "National Don't Buy Gas Days" on Facebook don't do a thing to affect gas prices.
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Re:Amazon is down ... implications for AWS? by aneesh on Saturday June 07, 2008 @12:30AM (#211394)
Because it's not a credible threat. People can't boycott indefinitely until there is a real alternative. If you don't buy gas today, you'll buy tomorrow, or next week.
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