Apr
8
“If you think about it, those prices are very reasonable — but Google has the guts to do even better. Potentially much better. If Google opened this up as a free service, imagine the impact that would have.”
Google to launch BigTable this week?
Amazon Web Services has become a significant driver of innovation and production. Since AWS is a web service, I would argue that it might be the most important advancement of Web 2.0. Amazon’s execution has been outstanding (minor downtime issues aside); the people involved with supporting AWS are top notch.
And Google is of course a modern day legend for its proprietary infrastructure.
So, the idea of the two titans colliding, in a critical area, on even grounds, is really exciting for everyone else in the web ecosphere.
Also, if you are a developer, and want to instantly increase your market value by > 15 - 20%, become an expert in Python really quickly :)