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A comment on AWS’s Share of Amazon’s Profit. Parent comment

Re:AWS’s Share of Amazon’s Profit by tootie on Monday June 15, 2020 @07:38PM (#23534336)
Do you remember the days when everyone had their own data center and setting up a server involving drawing up specs then putting in a PO then waiting for it to get delivered on a truck to be racked and formatted? AWS is magic and the price is entirely justified.
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Re:AWS’s Share of Amazon’s Profit by andrewfromx on Monday June 15, 2020 @07:54PM (#23534438)
Yes and also i clearly remember in 2007 trying ec2 for first time and asking, is it production ready? Could we actually use this vs. building out a cage. And in 2007 the answer was no. Something about no external IP addresses or no load balancer possible. But yes that cage was expensive and the last cage I ever got. AWS is magic and amazing.
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Re:AWS’s Share of Amazon’s Profit by scarface74 on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @11:42AM (#23540488)
You’re basing your experience on AWS from 2007?
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Re:AWS’s Share of Amazon’s Profit by andrewfromx on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @04:49PM (#23556564)
did you read what I wrote? It was just a nice little story about trying aws for the first time in 2007 and then never getting a cage again. It was PRO-aws.
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Re:AWS’s Share of Amazon’s Profit by dx034 on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @12:59AM (#23536058)
There are also dedicated servers for a fraction of the price. The choice isn't AWS or own datacenter, there's a lot in between.
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