Darien wrote: > How does running off all the developers benefit the shareholders?
Well, I'm certainly not happy if they've forsaken small devs -- I'm one too. It's pretty clear Chrome's new subscription pricing is intended to get another nose in the enterprise tent. Chrome subs, plus GMail, plus Apps, with custom needs met by GAE. That's not a bad strategy to go after Office/Windows. If they can get a good few points of Office's revenue stream, that'll be billions. (Oh, and I'm pretty sure Java is the lingua franca of enterprise custom code these days.) Let's say $1B. Seat of pants reading the the thread suggests $40/month is a good price for small devs. I'd personally love that budget. Round up to %500 per year. If I've got my zeros right, revenue equivalency is 2 million small devs. And I's guess there is much more proportional cost growth to support $iB small dev infrastructure needs vs. enterprise office users. Just wondering out loud. Nothing serious intended. I'm still hoping they'll *wow* us with 1.5, scheduler, and Python-has-a-future pricing. Hating the thought of learning Java to port. However, started to get antsy when Google backed off Unleaden Swallow, and announced GO. -- 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.
