Q: "Please explain what your application does, without comparing it to anything"
A: "It's the Heroku of PHP".. No!
A: "It's like EC2, but preconfigured for PHP with less control".. No!
A: "It's like shared web hosting, but with better performance characteristics and somewhat more control".. No!
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A: "You get a server on the internet, where you can install PHP stuff. Except you don't actually have a server, and it is preconfigured to automatically scale your app across virtual machines. It comes with a set of tools and scripts to make installing stuff easy, and you don't need to administer it. By letting us concentrate on system admin and scaling it gives you more time to concentrate on building your application."
Q: "Please explain what your application does, without comparing it to anything"
A: "It's the Heroku of PHP".. No!
A: "It's like EC2, but preconfigured for PHP with less control".. No!
A: "It's like shared web hosting, but with better performance characteristics and somewhat more control".. No!
.....
A: "You get a server on the internet, where you can install PHP stuff. Except you don't actually have a server, and it is preconfigured to automatically scale your app across virtual machines. It comes with a set of tools and scripts to make installing stuff easy, and you don't need to administer it. By letting us concentrate on system admin and scaling it gives you more time to concentrate on building your application."
Q: "Oh, you mean like Heroku, except for PHP?"
A: "FUUUUUUUUUUUU"