Ikai raises good points and I can confirm that GAE is a different way of thinking and developing apps ... but also have to second that it's great fun once you "get the hang of it". However @Ikai, the identity crisis has been noticed, people turned their backs and I'd assume it's largely to the matter of lacking communication. The GAE for Business site has been updated last on May 19th (really?): http://code.google.com/appengine/business/roadmap.html ... many people are waiting forever for SSL for custom domains and business reliability. A level of confidence is hard to maintain if nobody knows where you guys are at and what's gonna happen next ;-)
Keep communicating, Fred On Nov 13, 11:28 am, Muhammad Ijaz Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Anyone having any other reference to GAE/EC2 comparison or other literature > please share as I am working on a comparison assignment for these two for my > course project. Thanks. > regards, > Ijaz > > On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Vikas Hazrati <[email protected]> wrote: > > You might also want to check out a detailed comparison on technical > > aspects here > > >http://thoughts.inphina.com/2010/11/01/comparing-google-app-engine-an... > > > Regards | Vikas > > > On Nov 9, 9:32 am, Didier Durand <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi JY, > > > > I have used both: for a small company aiming at big applications, I > > > would definitely go GAE because it's PaaS: you don't have to deal with > > > the infrastructure which can become quite time consuming when your > > > application gets big if on EC2 (you have to update/patch your images, > > > take care of your scaling, etc.). It's probably not what you want to > > > spend time on at start with limited resource. > > > > On the other side, GAE has of course limitations / restrictions: Java- > > > only, datastore specific architecture, etc. > > > > To reassure you, (a) the code of GAE is open source (did not check if > > > 100%) and (b) some people are trying to replicate the system in an > > > independent fashion to provide alternatives: check out the AppScale > > > project athttp:// > > googleappengine.blogspot.com/2010/10/research-project-appscale... > > > > regards > > > didier > > > > On Nov 9, 2:59 am, JY <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I want to ask fellow GAE users whether you think GAE is good choice to > > > > build real business on? > > > > I have used GAE for some personal projects, and right now help a > > > > friend on a tiny start up (but with big dream). The project is related > > > > to social network - I am thinking of two options: > > > > 1, GAE > > > > The benefits are obvious. However, it is also locking you in....you > > > > don't have much control over it. If you are unhappy later, you will > > > > have to redo the persistence layer and migrate data etc. > > > > 2, EC2 > > > > You have much more control, and if the start-up gets funding, it is > > > > easy to migrate to dedicated hosting or even its own data center. The > > > > down side is developer (me, and only me) will have to spend quite some > > > > time to take care of the infrastructure (although I like this kind of > > > > work...) > > > > > I think my biggest concern of GAE is over the quality of service, and > > > > the data-store - if I go EC2, I probably will use a NoSQL solution > > > > like MogoDb, or Cassandra. The development efforts might be similar - > > > > all products are sort of young, hot, and limited. > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > JY > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine for Java" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<google-appengine-java%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
