I honestly have no idea what Google's intentions are, I myself am very new to web2.0, the cloud, ajax, etc. But in my limited experience with app engine so far I'd say it's an excellent platform for small specific purpose applications, say the type of app created by a developer in there spare time. I would of never attempted to develop the app I'm currently working on without knowing that I could host it free on the app engine framework. Would I recommend using it for a large scale production system, hmmm, probably not yet, but that's really only due to the CPU quotas.
In future I believe we'll start seeing a lot more small applications that may not have existed had it not been for free hosting services such as app engine. Bouncing off the CPU limits is frustrating, but it does make you focus on efficient design up front. Agreed scalability may not be necessary for 99% of apps developed, but I feel better knowing that my app can scale if it ever gets the traffic I hope it will receive. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
