This release shows the different philosophies of Google vs Amazon in an interesting way.
Google prefers building advanced systems that let you do things "the old way" but making them horizontally scalable.
Amazon prefers to acknowledge that network partitions exist and try to get you to do things "the new way" that deals with that failure case in the software instead of trying to hide it.
I'm not saying either system is better than the other, but doing it Google's way is certainly easier for Enterprises that want to make the move, and why Amazon is starting to break with tradition and release products that let you do things "the old way" while hiding the details in an abstraction.
I've always said that Google is technically better than AWS, but no one will ever know because they don't have a strong sales team to go and show people.
Google prefers building advanced systems that let you do things "the old way" but making them horizontally scalable.
Amazon prefers to acknowledge that network partitions exist and try to get you to do things "the new way" that deals with that failure case in the software instead of trying to hide it.
I'm not saying either system is better than the other, but doing it Google's way is certainly easier for Enterprises that want to make the move, and why Amazon is starting to break with tradition and release products that let you do things "the old way" while hiding the details in an abstraction.
I've always said that Google is technically better than AWS, but no one will ever know because they don't have a strong sales team to go and show people.
This release only solidifies that point.