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Re:FreeBSD on EC2 via defenestration by asharp on Friday July 08, 2011 @06:41AM (#2741925)
This is a random question, but why doesn't amazon just have a HVM flag on instance creation?

Is it to try and better DRM the windows machines?

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Re:FreeBSD on EC2 via defenestration by cperciva on Friday July 08, 2011 @10:56AM (#2742685)
why doesn't amazon just have a HVM flag on instance creation?

Probably because they didn't need it. Amazon is the most customer-centric company I know, but this cuts both ways -- I've never seen them add a feature unless they have customers asking for it.

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