> if Elastic's future improvements are better than AWS', it'll drive use of their services over Amazon's.
Except Amazon has a moat: no egress fees and network effects. AWS is starting the race way ahead.
Except Amazon has a moat: no egress fees and network effects. AWS is starting the race way ahead.
It really seems like Elastic's motivation here is jealousy more than anything else. Which I understand from an emotional perspective, but from a logical perspective it's a big business blunder they've made IMO.