Why Amazon Web Services and Dropbox need each other

The role of Amazon’s web services in revolutionizing the startup ecosystem is well illustrated by the spectacular rise of Dropbox, an online storage service. Their symbiotic relationship shows why Amazon has such a massive lead over rivals in the ever evolving business of cloud computing.

Interesting thoughts by Om Malik. Having seen the surprise on my founders faces 4 years ago when I told them we would not buy hardware is my personal proof positive of this.