<div dir="ltr">With defined limitations. You can use <u>their</u> kernel and initrd, or some others supplied, but you cannot supply your own. Also - adding custom OS selections is not trivial. If not already created by someone else (with his/hers S3 space to store that image), you might find yourself lacking the right image for your needs.<div>
<br></div><div>That said, almost anything can be done using the existing, limited, images supplied by Amazon. Add to that the images supplied by users, and you will be just fine.</div><div><br></div><div>Ez<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 10:10 AM, geoffrey mendelson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:geoffreymendelson@gmail.com" target="_blank">geoffreymendelson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On Oct 24, 2010, at 9:51 AM, Tom Rosenfeld wrote:<br>
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If you haven't already tried cloud computing, this is your chance to use free for a year!<br>
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Does this have to be a web server? Can one use it for an Asterisk or other SIP relay or a private HTTP or SOCKS proxy?<br>
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM<br>
To help restaurants, as part of the "stimulus package", everyone must order dessert. As part of the socialized health plan, you are forbidden to eat it. :-)<br>
<br></font></blockquote></div><div>No, it does not have to be a web server. Actually, the point of Amazon is that you can install any OS and any software you like!<br><br>-tom<br> <br></div></div><br></div>
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