… thinking long-term is a high status thing to do because smart people are better at it. Thus, being a long-term thinker signals that you are smart. However, as we might expect with status competitions this is overdone.

– Karl Smith

If the idea of deploying your applications on commercially supported open source stacks with built in application monitoring and cost management sounds appealing you should check it out.

I learned an immense amount, even though i have been using cloud computing for years. The view from inside is a bit different than it is from the outside. It has been a fun ride, and there is a lot more to come. (Including some more posts here about some interesting things we learned.)