with the current information on this topic, I feel a little uneasy as well.
there was a Google Wave from AppEngine fireside chat yesterday that had some more info (can't find link anymore). from memory, please correct if I've got it wrong: when asked about AEfB and regular GAE, one answer was that they are firmly committed to parity between the two. no details given except one said AEfB was for intranet usage when asked if GAE would get SSL they answered that AEfB would handle that and would have some form of pricing for internet users. I didn't get the sense that SSL or an SLA were coming to GAE (from the limited info on the wave) this should be easy for Google to clear up. I think everyone can see the benefit of a different pricing model for enterprise users and I think per user pricing is great for a lot of apps. however, the real question is whether regular GAE is going to get SSL, an SLA, and access to the new SQL service. if the answer is no, then this is just a business decision by google to force potential enterprise clients into a per user model (which IMO is a bad idea, there should be a clear choice fro pricing models). please clear this up google, you're making a lot of your early adopters anxious :) cheers brian On May 20, 6:09 am, Jesaja Everling <[email protected]> wrote: > According to the FAQ, per user really means per intranet user here: > > "You can also use App Engine for Business to build external applications. > We’re still working out the details on pricing so stay tuned (but don’t > worry, you won't have to pay per > user!)."http://code.google.com/appengine/kb/business.html > > It seems to be more like a special version of App Engine intended for (not > only) internal use by Google Apps customers. > If this is right, it sounds good. > If it were to introduce some artificial segmentation and the regular App > Engine were to become some strip-down limited version of App Engine for > Business, it wouldn't sound good at all. > But this would be a bad move, and it seems Google is more in the mood for > good moves at the moment ( VP8 :) ). > > On May 20, 2010 4:40 AM, "Shinichi Nakanishi" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, if it was Google Apps, it would make sense. But for App Engine, > I don't think "per user registered in the Apps domain" thing works. > For instance, what if you do not register your domain but use > your-subdomain.appspot.com? Is it $0 and still be able to use > features like Hosted SQL? > > So, I have no idea what "per user" here means. > > Shinichi > > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 18:39, Geoffrey Spear <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On May 19, 6:00 p... > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. -- 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.
