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Amazon rains MySQL from the heavens

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The Road Show Keeps on Rolling

This is a useful step forward. SimpleDB always seemed a barmy idea to me.

Coffee/keyboard

Hmm...

A quick look at the mathematics, am I correct in thinking a single instance will cost $800 per year or am I doing something wrong?

I wouldn't mind outsourcing the database part of one application but the application certainly isn't worth that kind of money.

Joke

Elastic Compute Cloud.

Presumably so called because every time someone drives past in a Ferrari, the elastic snaps and its knickers fall down.

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