Spoken like a true Engineer. It's not "if you build it, they will come" It's if you build it, market it, and a meteor doesn't rain down the next apocalypse, you may be profitable.
For an investor it is risk assessment. Not having to buy hardware = Less Risk. + in the GAE/Cloud Column Down Time Avoidance = Less Risk. But where do you put GAE on that is that a + or a Minus? Depends who you ask. (HR is treating me well, but that didn't exist all that long ago, and changed the budget from MS, listen to the whining on this thread. The best product rarely wins, the most innovative product rarely wins. Twitter is just IRC, only more poorly written, and with a prettier logo. Facebook is just MySpace with a better educated userbase (initially). -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Darien Caldwell Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 11:55 AM To: Google App Engine Subject: [google-appengine] Re: Startup Weekend and Google App Engine Frankly this whole argument is silly. Apple started with something they cobbled together themselves from spare parts. Google started with their own proprietary software, BackRub, which was written in Java and Python and ran on Linux. They didn't have anyone to help them, and they succeeded. Anyone using GAE, AWS, or anything period, has just as much a chance to succeed, or fail, based on the merit of their *idea*. It's the destination that is important, quibbling over how you get there is non-productive. -- 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. -- 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.
