> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Sean Carolan > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 11:06 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Adding an 'official' CentOS image to > the Amazon EC2(Electronic Compute Cloud) > > > So, unless they are happy to come back and start talking to > us again I > > highly recommend everyone not bother using EC2. > > > > - KB > > I had the exact same experience when trying to get a sales > rep to talk to me about hosting an application for my > company. We need to know that someone will be there to pick > up the phone when there are problems, and I couldn't get > anyone to call me back to answer my questions. I guess > Amazon doesn't care too much about the customer service end > of AWS. We'd feel a lot more confident about putting our > application onto their cloud if someone would at least return > my phone calls and emails. So not too surprising that they > gave you the brush-off, given that they won't even call back > a customer with dollars in hand, ready to spend. Quoting from their website: "Inexpensive - Amazon EC2 passes on to you the financial benefits of Amazon's scale. You pay a very low rate for the compute capacity you actually consume." Remember, these are surplus resources that would otherwise be cost of doing business. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.