Why does this matter? Linux will be available for as long as Linux solves a real problem in a cost effective way. Windows will be available for as long as Windows solves a real problem in a cost effective way. Google App Engine will be available for as long as Google App Engine solves a real problem in a cost effective way. Repeat for all other technologies. Slide rules were among us while they solved a real problem in a cost effective way. Did slide rule affecionados complained when the pocket calculator came around? If GAE is a pocket calculator, and something else is a slide rule, then the slide rule will die, and it will be a good thing. (Note: I'm not necessarily saying Linux is a slide rule) Btw: it's interesting to see that Microsoft Azure takes almost exactly the same approach as Google App Engine: You have to write new applications using a new technology and APIs to deploy onto their cloud, just like with Google App Engine. Meanwhile, Amazon ECC makes it possible to incrementally migrate your existing applications to a cloud without any large up-front re-development investment. History shows that the Amazon approach has a 95% chance of "winning," assuming it's even a competition and people actually don't need to have their infrastructure in their own server closets or co-lo cages.
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