Amazon 3/3 — The Cloud That Changed the World
“The best business to be in is a business where you can help customers more and more over time.” — Jeff Bezos, looking back on accidental discoveries The Story Begins Here’s a funny story. One day in 2006, Amazon employees were sitting in a meeting. They weren’t talking about selling books or toys or Prime. They were talking about something technical and a little boring: computer servers. What are servers? Imagine them as giant super-computers that run websites, store information, and handle millions of people visiting at the same time. ...