The outage that affected parts of one Amazon data center was just over a month ago, yet some of the issues that it demonstrated remain captivating to many. Writing for Forbes, RightScale CEO Michael Crandell takes what at first appears to be a contrary perspective, but his point is important. “Some may have thought that the cloud was a magic bullet,” Crandell writes. “It’s not, and that’s actually good news.” The cloud isn’t the answer to every problem, and no sensible commentator ever suggested it was. It’s also not perfect, and it doesn’t remove the need to think, to plan, to prepare, and to spread risks. Anyone who suggested otherwise was wrong.