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by mugsie 3511 days ago
Why not allow people to specify URLs ? e.g. Swift (what RackSpace runs) can be run anywhere, Ceph can imitate s3 or swift, and Eucalyptus can allow people to run API compatible versions of AWS.

Providers can also add new regions at the drop of a hat.

Limiting it to pre-defined URLs is a pain, and relies on tools updating for new regions being added.