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Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applications on AWS
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By the same token, if I were in Amazon's position, if I were to use the data, I'd make sure nobody knew about it. However, I'd then be in the unenviable position of the Enigma codebreakers, attempting to use information without the enemy knowing I had it.
Why would they take the risk to find out information about a competitor that they are destroying?
The same reason you would want to find out information about a competitor you aren't destroying? Just because you're ahead doesn't mean you should rest on your laurels.
Re: Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applications on AWS
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
By the same token, if I were in Amazon's position, if I were to use the data, I'd make sure nobody knew about it. However, I'd then be in the unenviable position of the Enigma codebreakers, attempting to use information without the enemy knowing I had it.
Why would they take the risk to find out information about a competitor that they are destroying?
The same reason you would want to find out information about a competitor you aren't destroying? Just because you're ahead doesn't mean you should rest on your laurels.
Re: Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applications on AWS
#64If Wal-Mart decrees this, put up or shut up. Welcome to business. CEO Diktats about using not using competitor services for anything whatsoever, are as old as Microsoft. Wal-mart is not in the cloud business, so I can only wonder if, as others have commented, it is about data security in AWS domain, since Wal-Mart's main competitor is Amazon. We know what Google and Facebook get up to with peoples data, why would Ama…
> We know what Google and Facebook get up to with peoples data, why would Amazon not analyze or try similar to their customers? To have all that technical capability and not be curious about stuff would be a waste. Do Google, Amazon or Microsoft look at the data of their cloud offer clients? I bet that if they do and it is know their business would go to hell
Agree totally. I would find it hard to believe, that large well financed companies, with some of the most technically capable staff on the planet, would have the restraint to not peek.
Re: Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applications on AWS
#65Walmart finds ways for vendors, suppliers, etc to cut their costs so they can pass savings on.
Maybe an AWS price increase potential is a risk they dont want to take
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Great source of reviews, incredible convenience, massive selection of goods, huge value for membership (Amazon Instant Video included), free 2-day delivery, reasonable pricing, consumer-friendly customer service, yes, it's a nightmare? This is one of those things where you are going to have to explain to consumers why they should be outraged in order for them to realize how awful it is. By most measures, Amazon is on…
> huge value for membership (Amazon Instant Video included) Forcing customers to support their unwanted video service by bundling it with the next-day shipping service was a completely transparent move, and every Amazon customer I know a) saw straight through it, b) doesn't use it and c) would like to stop paying for it.
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> huge value for membership (Amazon Instant Video included) Forcing customers to support their unwanted video service by bundling it with the next-day shipping service was a completely transparent move, and every Amazon customer I know a) saw straight through it, b) doesn't use it and c) would like to stop paying for it.
The vast majority of time we spend watching TV is via a FireTV box, with a good split between Amazons own video service, the Netflix app (which is very well integrated - Netflix results show up in the normal FireTV search results), and the BBC iPlayer app. With the addition of additional "channel" subscriptions I suspect we'll use it more and more.
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Great source of reviews, incredible convenience, massive selection of goods, huge value for membership (Amazon Instant Video included), free 2-day delivery, reasonable pricing, consumer-friendly customer service, yes, it's a nightmare? This is one of those things where you are going to have to explain to consumers why they should be outraged in order for them to realize how awful it is. By most measures, Amazon is on…
>Great source of reviews This has not been the case for a long time, most Amazon products are filled to the brim with fake reviews and they do not appear to care at all. They've also been having massive problems with fake chinese goods being sold as the real thing, which is compounded by said fake reviews on those products.
It's not too tough to spot the fakes if you are looking.
Re: Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applications on AWS
#70If Wal-Mart decrees this, put up or shut up. Welcome to business. CEO Diktats about using not using competitor services for anything whatsoever, are as old as Microsoft. Wal-mart is not in the cloud business, so I can only wonder if, as others have commented, it is about data security in AWS domain, since Wal-Mart's main competitor is Amazon. We know what Google and Facebook get up to with peoples data, why would Ama…
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