Comments on: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/archives/2006/08/24/amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-amazon-ec2/ cat /dev/random Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:07:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9-rare hourly 1 By: joseph http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/archives/2006/08/24/amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-amazon-ec2/comment-page-1/#comment-45589 joseph Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:25:41 +0000 http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/archives/2006/08/24/amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-amazon-ec2/#comment-45589 I don't consider being first, second, third, etc the most compelling bits about EC3. At a $499 setup fee I wouldn't consider UtilityServe in the same ball park as Amazon. I don’t consider being first, second, third, etc the most compelling bits about EC3. At a $499 setup fee I wouldn’t consider UtilityServe in the same ball park as Amazon.

]]> By: Bert Armijo http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/archives/2006/08/24/amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-amazon-ec2/comment-page-1/#comment-45587 Bert Armijo Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:59:18 +0000 http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/archives/2006/08/24/amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-amazon-ec2/#comment-45587 The most interesting thing about EC3 is that they've set a stake in the ground for pay-as-you-go pricing. They're not the first, UtilityServe had a similar announcement the week before. While not technicaly insignificant, EC3 isn't rocket science. To "take over the world" as you mention above they'll need to go up the stack an deal with the issue of how developers integrate these images into interesting applications. That area of technology IS rocket science and there are a number of companies diligently pushing the frontier forward. The most interesting thing about EC3 is that they’ve set a stake in the ground for pay-as-you-go pricing. They’re not the first, UtilityServe had a similar announcement the week before.

While not technicaly insignificant, EC3 isn’t rocket science. To “take over the world” as you mention above they’ll need to go up the stack an deal with the issue of how developers integrate these images into interesting applications. That area of technology IS rocket science and there are a number of companies diligently pushing the frontier forward.

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