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Is Amazon Going to Open Source its Web Services and Cloud APIs?

Although it's only a rumor, Reuven Cohen reports hearing from more than one source that Amazon intends to open source its (AWS) Web Services APIs. Word is Amazon's legal team is currently 'investigating' open sourcing their various web services API's including EC2, S3, etc, he writes. Cohen argues that the move would make a lot of sense, and I agree. Although Amazon's APIs are, as Cohen writes, the de facto standards in cloud computing, Amazon faces significant threats from open source cloud computing efforts if it pursues a purely proprietary path.


Inventory In The Cloud

Last week Amazon announced a new web service called FWS (Fulfillment Web Service). FWS is an add-on to Amazonﾒs existing fulfillment system which allows any developer to interface directly with Amazonﾒs inventory management system using open APIs. This service allows you to programmatically print shipping labels for your inventory which you then send to Amazon. They store it until your app issues a shipment request at which point your web service call causes some human (or perhaps a robot) to pick and pack your product and then ship it out to your customer.