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Re:Amazon ‘willing to be misunderstood for very long periods... by sankara on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @02:15AM (#2632207)
Amazon has created new markets. The article mentions Kindle and AWS. The ebook reader and ebooks did not (really) exist before Kindle. Same with AWS.
Re:Amazon ‘willing to be misunderstood for very long periods... by jonnathanson on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @07:22AM (#2632689)
True. There are exceptions to the statement I made, which is why I pointed out that it's not wholly fair. In fact, Amazon's entire existence can in many ways be said to have been the creation of a new market.

Even still, I think it's fair to say that Amazon primarily innovates these days through rapid and extensive iteration, especially on its consumer side.