I suspect it will happen and it will be one of the open source distros. Not certain that it will require any effort on Google's part to make it happen.
I've experimented with AWS but competition is a good thing. Rick On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > How long til we get CFML on there? > > My guess - and as a Google App Engine developer and Google Enterprise > partner, I like to think it's an educated guess - is never. There are > a couple of reasons for this. First, it's largely proprietary. Second, > it's not used by Google itself for anything else, as Python and Java > are. Third, many of the things that are nice about CF simply wouldn't > apply in App Engine. For example, you don't have relational databases > as such in App Engine. > > In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if App Engine never expands beyond > those two languages. > > But, as Gerald mentions, App Engine isn't the only game in town when > it comes to cloud computing platforms. The other big player is Amazon, > and you can host any app server you like on EC2. There's even a > community of vendors making this process even easier, like Stax. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:321498 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
