Internet companies have changed the way we advertise and market. They have transformed the world of newspapers and publishing. And they have profoundly changed the way we communicate and interact with one another. One reason for that change is that the cost of distributing a product or service, particularly if can be converted almost entirely to information, has dropped almost to zero. It used to require millions of dollars in servers and software to launch a software company. Thanks to Amazon Web Services (AWS), it now costs just a tiny fraction of that amount. Similar stories can be found in
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