Google has posted a App Engine Product Roadmap of sorts: http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/roadmap.html Of interest is Datastore import and export utility for large datasets
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Barry Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > More on topic: > > > > It seem free software for cloud computing is starting to appear - > > think Google AppEngine without lockin! > > From > "While some parts of our system may remain proprietary (like our > infrastructure specific datastore) we'll always provide enough of our > code to make sure that you can run your applications in your own data > center if you'd like. We think we'll be able to do it better, but it > should be your decision." > > --- Just like AppEngine then. > > 'Apache' Licenced sourse code: > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/downloads/list > See: > http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/source/browse/trunk/LICENSE > > http://waxy.org/2008/04/exclusive_google_app_engine_ported_to_amazons_ec2/ > "One of the biggest criticisms of Google's App Engine have been cries > of lock-in, that the applications developed for the platform won't be > portable to any other service. This morning, Chris Anderson, the > Portland-based cofounder of the Grabb.it MP3 blog service, just > released AppDrop — an elegant hack proving that's not true." > > But competition is always good :) > > > > > http://reasonablysmart.com/ > > > > http://www.10gen.com > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Dave > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > Unofficial list archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > -- > Barry > > - www.nearby.org.uk - www.geograph.org.uk - > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ -- Sam Mbale Mpelembe Network http://www.mpelembe.net Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
