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Amazon Starts Charging For Cloud Computing Resources By the Second (amazon.com)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the head-in-the-cloud dept.

AmiMoJo writes: "Back in the old days, you needed to buy or lease a server if you needed access to compute power," remembers Amazon's AWS blog. "When Amazon launched EC2 back in 2006, the ability to use an instance for an hour, and to pay only for that hour, was big news. The pay-as-you-go model inspired our customers to think about new ways to develop, test, and run applications of all types."

But now from the 2nd of October, Amazon will start billing Linux virtual machines by the second, with a one minute minimum.

2 of 51 comments (clear)

  1. Michael! by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 4, Funny

    "After observing your usage statistics, an hour is way too long. I am now charging by the second, one minute minimum."

    That's what she said!

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  2. Great! by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

    I no longer need to buy expensive machines when I need to break just one key or find the clear text for a singe hash!

    I always wanted to steal identities, but the large up-front costs always made me shy away from it. But no more!

    Thank you, Amazon!

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