On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Ugorji <[email protected]> wrote: > Even though $9/month is pretty insignificant to many of us because > 1. It is a fixed cost > 2. It is small > > We still should not gloss over it. Like Stephen said, this is really just a > tax for the privilege of using blob-store and other billing-enabled > services. >
As an aside, under the new model, blobstore is actually included with free apps (up to 5G!). We want developers to be able to use most aspects of the platform in order to try it out and use it, blobstore is indeed one of those. > Having said that, I reckon that this is Google's attempt to streamline > their business package (which they are doing away with) by saying that > anyone that needs higher level services will pay a per-app or per-account > cost. In that light, it becomes more palatable (as it simplifies the > offering), and I for one am okay with that. > > I think the bigger concern is the per-instance cost. This is especially > troubling for > 1. folks that depend on the always-on features in java. > I mentioned this in another thread, but just to be clear this is actually one part of the model that we are still working on. The feedback from the groups has been very important in this regard. > 2. folks in Python or the new GO runtime that don't as yet have concurrent > request support. More instances will be spun dynamically with a > consequential cost to them which is expected to be significant). > This is indeed true currently but it is an area we are looking into as well. > Hopefully, the new scheduler will iron out a lot of these unknowns so we're > back to being happy app-engine users. Right now, it seems we're the only > ones in the whole Google Ecosystem that's unhappy with some of the recent > announcements. > > Actually, scratch that - I'm very happy for 2 things: > - GO language runtime support (the geek in me is just thrilled) > - Moving away from Preview status (I was always concerned about the life of > GAE beyond the promised 3 years support post EOL. This removes my fears). > Glad to hear you there are aspects you are happy about and sorry to hear that there are aspects you aren't :( I'm glad you touched on the moving away from preview status. This and the changes to pricing are intrinsically linked. We want to build a product that is around for a long, long time. Google wants that as well, but in order for that to happen it needs to be a viable business. The new pricing model is indeed higher but will now be on par with the alternatives, in exchange we will be offering a higher and higher level of service as well. Thanks again for your thoughts on this announcement, Greg > > -- > 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.
