> The original AWS came about because they had extra servers lying around that they needed for holiday traffic, and they decided to rent those out.
This isn't true, it's a bit of marketing nonsense.
There was a paper proposing to create the service, it got workshopped quite a bit, and got funded. The servers used weren't extras, it was dedicated capacity from day one.
At the time, Amazon was not using the same hardware (or anything) as AWS. Even today, there are still critical Amazon services running on the older corp fabric, because the Native AWS migration isn't 100% complete.
The other key parts of AWS were also innovation, and not mere optimization.
You have demonstrated that you have a near complete lack of understanding of how AWS innovates. Your ignorance is thorough, and that gives you confidence; but it's unwarranted. You're just another Dunning-Kruger twit.
This isn't true, it's a bit of marketing nonsense.
There was a paper proposing to create the service, it got workshopped quite a bit, and got funded. The servers used weren't extras, it was dedicated capacity from day one.
At the time, Amazon was not using the same hardware (or anything) as AWS. Even today, there are still critical Amazon services running on the older corp fabric, because the Native AWS migration isn't 100% complete.
The other key parts of AWS were also innovation, and not mere optimization.
You have demonstrated that you have a near complete lack of understanding of how AWS innovates. Your ignorance is thorough, and that gives you confidence; but it's unwarranted. You're just another Dunning-Kruger twit.