Amazon EC2 gets statistics, auto scaling and elastic load balancing

Re:Amazon EC2 gets statistics, auto scaling and elastic load... by mattjung on Monday May 18, 2009 @05:24AM (#614682)

I Agree. But what's so special about this? Any startup must think about the defendability of its idea. Completing very obvious gaps in the Amazon-offering is surely hardly defendable.

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Re:Amazon EC2 gets statistics, auto scaling and elastic load... by jayliew on Monday May 18, 2009 @03:55PM (#615565)

IMHO, their strategy might have been "if we build what's missing in AMZN's portfolio, we might get acquired". Granted, not the best strategy, but this strategy has worked for some in the past.

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