Is AWS the Best Scale Economy?

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AWS is the best scale economy business of all time because fixed costs are so enormous. It's one of these self-fulfilling prophecies where now that they're massively the market leader, they just have to keep going. There could be a self-inflicted wound or a soccer people call it an own goal but once you have this scale economy's power going, I just think it's pretty hard to drop the ball at this point.

So, how DID an online book retailer end up building the infrastructure layer that powers the entire internet? (Or at least 39% of it, per latest market share data.) While many myths, legends, and some downright falsehoods exist, the real answer to that question deserves a full Acquired episode of its very own. So here it is: the story of Amazon Web Services. Who’s got the truth? Tune in and find out. :)

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