Comments on: If Netflix is right, Amazon already a cloud champ http://gigaom.com/2011/08/31/netflix-amazon-openstack/ Mon, 20 May 2013 06:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John A. Bailo http://gigaom.com/2011/08/31/netflix-amazon-openstack/#comment-652897 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:14:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=399629#comment-652897 Seems like these cloud systems would be the sort of thing that might let Netflix eat itself. Take it out further — if all media goes to streaming, we’re back to having files on a server — or cloud. Well, if that is what “distribution” is, then what does a website that sells access to media become? Thus, Netflix is in the same boat with Amazon on “books”. If people are reading text from the web, and maybe from an e-book, why can’t the content owner simply put it up in the same cloud, and charge people money directly?

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