The only thing that struck out at me as odd from this announcement was that it wasn't phrased like: "Amazon is excited to announce!" (Most of you probably know what I'm talking about)...
This is the firsteverever product announcement that I've ever seen Amazon make where they weren't excited to announce.
> Amazon Web Services is pleased to announce AWS Marketplace, an online store where customers can find, buy, and quickly deploy software that runs on AWS.
We’re excited to see that you are excited about our excitement over our exciting series of releases.
If we change to another adjective, the only logical post title would be “Amazon is no longer excited.” And that wouldn’t be too exciting now, would it?
It may be a Seattle-area thing. When I worked at Microsoft, the "super excited" phrase was a bit of a running joke, but it still didn't stop us from using it at every conference, in every public e-mail, hallways, etc.
Search for Microsoft AND "super excited" and you will not be disappointed. You will see both modern hits and results dating back to the dark, dim days of web indexing, from which results are rarely returned.
This time s?he was simply pleased. Maybe s?he doesn't like this one.
Amazon Web Services is pleased to announce AWS Marketplace, an online store where customers can find, buy, and quickly deploy software that runs on AWS.
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This is the first ever ever product announcement that I've ever seen Amazon make where they weren't excited to announce.
> Amazon Web Services is pleased to announce AWS Marketplace, an online store where customers can find, buy, and quickly deploy software that runs on AWS.