not just one service among others; it is explicitly pitched toward corporations, to be the platform of all platforms.
On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 1:23 PM Jim Farmelant <[email protected]> wrote: > Amazon Web Services is certainly one of the leading options for hosting > desktop applications in the cloud, with Microsoft and Google, plus a number > of smaller companies constituting the alternative options. Several years > ago, when the company that I work at was first considering moving into the > cloud, Amazon was one of the first options that we looked at. We took out a > free trial subscription, and I must say, that I found it pretty easy to > adapt my company's desktop application so it could be run in Amazon's > cloud. Eventually, we didn't go with that option, instead opting for a > cloud hosting company that uses Microsoft technology. > > And, as the NY Times article points out, cloud hosting is simply just one > service that is being provided by Amazon.So yes, Amazon Web Services is > just one more area where Amazon is expanding its monopoly power. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6396): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6396 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80633871/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
