This has just been discussed: http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thread/thread/83a692fecb6c5b12
On Oct 12, 9:43 pm, pantagruel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm asking because I am starting on a new application that will need > to scale to millions of users, the application needs beyond the > scalability are not difficult, bigtable is actually a very good fit > for my data needs, and given the current financial situation I thought > google appengine might be useful. However in researching the current > status of the platform I came across this blog > posting:http://aralbalkan.com/1504 > "Why Google Appengine is broken and what google must do to fix it" > Since the problems outlined in the article would create the results I > must avoid, that of an application that fails significantly at the > very moment of success (a large spike in usage), and that would also > require me paying for usage at a point when that usage would - due to > the issues outlined in the blog post - be unlikely to give any > financial benefit. > > Now I don't really know if these issues the blog post lists are > correct, so I would like feedback - can it be confirmed that these > issues exist, what time frame is given for working on them if they are > as described, are there workarounds? > > I suppose the situation is as stands, and will carry on with that > supposition if I don't see a response: that the blog is correct and > that the problems are not going to have any resolution soon. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
