Re #2, I don't think its fair to count EC2, Github, or Heroku, unless you're also counting any shared hosting that lets you run PHP.<p>I think what Steve was referring to was people paying for hosted versions of specific pieces of open source software, e.g., a hosted version of SugarCRM, not the ability to run open source software in general.<p>It was still prescient though, because we're starting to see that. For instance, you can do this with Azure + SugarCRM.