1/ Today for the first time I was on a thread where someone said “for this project the customer requires we certify we’re using no AWS, for policy reasons.” I said “Huh?!” They said “Oh, they see Amazon as a competitor.”
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Amazon has been a competitor to Netflix since they started. Would you rather compete with Amazon with inferior tools, or the same tools Amazon uses?
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Replying to @adrianco @timbray
I’ve been in that discussion with (potential) clients at least a dozen times, and have been using your argument ever since I first heard you use it in our podcast :) Most of the time, they’re not convinced, but most change their mind a couple years later

Sep 9, 2020 · 6:11 AM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov @adrianco
Which argument?
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That if you’re a competitor to Amazon, giving them the advantage of using a better infrastructure than yours doesn’t make sense
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