The former Amazon VP who quit in solidarity with fired

The former Amazon VP who quit in solidarity with fired employees published a business case for why he thinks the massively profitable Amazon Web Services cloud business should be spun off (AMZN)

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Published 23 Jun 2020

· *Tim Bray, the former Amazon vice president and distinguished engineer who quit this year to protest Amazon's firing of internal critics, wants the company to spin out its cloud business Amazon Web Services.*
· *He's getting the effort started by drafting a six-page memo, a common device Amazon uses internally to pitch new...

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The former Amazon VP who quit in solidarity with fired employees published a business case for why he thinks the massively profitable Amazon Web Services cloud business should be spun off (AMZN)

The former Amazon VP who quit in solidarity with fired employees published a business case for why he thinks the massively profitable Amazon Web Services cloud business should be spun off (AMZN)

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