Amazon Machine Instances (AMI) can be created with a specific software stack, registered and then run on EC2. Up until now they've relied on the community for public AMIs and I've used some of them. They have just announced paid AMIs where developers/companies can charge for prepackaged AMIs.
Friday, July 06, 2007
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Interesting.
It's a tough proposition though. You have to educate potential customers in EC2 before you can realistically expect them to pay for an AMI. I've been dabbling with EC2/AMIs for Pixenate. Not sure I'll be releasing a Pixenate AMI any time soon though.
SearchBlox has released a Paid AMI for their content search software. - http://www.searchblox.com/searchbloxami.html
More software vendors may follow...
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