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Tom King

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
91 total appearances

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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

And we don't have to worry about keeping it working or keeping the equipment cold.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

Yes, it's one of the disadvantages of our current system, but we've gained many other advantages, I think, is the way to think about it.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

Like as I've, I've been in many, I grew up when I lived in Africa, you would go into the server room to cool down because of one of the cold, one of the only cold rooms in the, in the office building.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

Nice.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

I don't think so.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

I think that companies will take the option that costs them the least, both in terms of money and time and headaches and so on.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

So if you really care about resiliency of always having your services available over the internet, you would invest the money and the time and everything else to have your own servers.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

The reason they choose to go with one of the cloud providers is because they gain many different advantages.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

It's probably cheaper for them.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

It's less work for them.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

It expands to full the needs.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

There is no limit to how much demand their service can supply, so that there's no limit on the hardware.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

Amazon handles that problem, or Google or Microsoft.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

So I think companies are always going to make a decision that is best for them in their own unique circumstances.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

So no, I don't think that any kind of additional risk needs to be considered here.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

Dave, what do you think?

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

I would probably say faker because, you know, it's heavily dependent on the level of speculative activity in the markets, which goes up and goes down.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

And when it goes down, it really, really hurts the people that are involved.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

So I would say faker.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?

Yeah, so Lyft is pretty much concentrated in the United States.