I dunno, I&#x27;ve found aws documentation to be atrocious.  For example, I&#x27;ve had a very hard time figuring out how to do things like reattaching ebs volumes to ec2 spot instances.  Maybe it&#x27;s because I don&#x27;t use aws much, but I get frustrated and have a hard time understanding how simple tasks need to be so complex.<p>I wonder how effective the Microsoft style API lockin strategy will be for aws.  My personal guess is very effective.