The inflation rate is over the long run insignificant compared to the doubling of cost-performance each year. In 10 years that means 1000 times cheaper computing power, storage and communication! So with a fixed price Google (and other cloud providers) can within a few years reach astronomical profit margins and hope that their customers don't understand exponential progress.
Here is some hard data about this: http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-law-of-accelerating-returns On 1 Sep, 04:03, John Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: > I find it hard to believe you guys actually went though the data and saw the > 500% jumps on the comparison reports and decided to release the pricing plan > changes with such gusto. No one who signed up for App Engine ever saw that > e-mail coming a mile away, and it hurts. > > Here's a plain and simple idea that makes sense: Why not just keep the > pricing the same and announce you're going to charge 2% increases each year > to match for inflation? -- 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.
