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timbray / a-cloud-prfaq

A PR/FAQ document to support Amazon's decision on whether to spin out AWS as a separate company
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A-Cloud board membership #2

Open paulehoffman opened 4 years ago

paulehoffman commented 4 years ago

There doesn't seem to be justification to giving Jeff Bezos an automatic seat on the A-Cloud board. I have not heard that he was active in AWS' development, nor that his business acumen has been particularly influential in AWS' growth. A possible alternative is "Amazon can place one member on the A-Cloud board" or something to that effect.

timbray commented 4 years ago

Possibly. But Jeff is a really smart guy. Steve Yegge blogged that the Amazon dogma that all software must be implemented as a callable service came from Jeff. Also, an important function of board members is networking, helping make connections. I think you'd want him on your board if you could get him.