> Instead of comparing their free preview service to S3, try > comparing it to any other free hosting service out there.
While that's a reasonable comparison for hobbyists, there's a lot of us using App Engine with grander aspirations. We want to build easily scaled web applications (real businesses) on top of App Engine. I wouldn't have spent much time with App Engine if it were going to remain just a free hosting service with quotas. If you look at the front page of App Engine, it's clear that Google wants to handle real businesses as well. So for developers looking to build scalable apps that could potentially grow "to millions of users," the best comparison right now is to Amazon's cloud computing effort and the App Engine-like businesses that are being built on it (RightScale, Heroku, AppJet, etc). As a preview user, it's useful to voice your concerns and issues in a reasonable manner. Part of it is through the issue tracker, but this board is a valuable sounding board for developers. I *want* Google to succeed since I'm putting my time and ventures into it. The more effectively they address these concerns, the better they'll look compared to AWS, and that fosters a strong developer community. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
