thanks for following this up. I had two apps on app engine. One was a simple app I used to run soccer result prediction leagues for some friends -- only a handful of users. I used this as an opportunity to learn how app engine works etc.
The other app was providing real time public transport information for Ottawa's buses. This app has been in limbo since the beginning of the year, since OC Transpo switched off the feed of the live bus data. Ironically, the same day Google announced the new app pricing, OC Transpo announced that the live bus data feed should be back in a couple of months. Both of these apps were primarily an opportunity for me to learn app engine. I am a software consultant by profession and am hoping to do work with some non-profits in the future -- app engine seemed a good choice as a replacement for many of these organizations applications. However, neither of these apps is worth me paying $30 a month, given I can run them from home on my own server for essentially nothing. Sure, if usage on the bus data app goes up then I may re-consider app engine. However, had the current pricing been in place initially I would never have bothered with it in the first place. Further, given that I will probably use django for any future apps I'm more likely to go and find a hosting service for django apps, rather than have to port my apps to app engine. I hope you understand my position on this and recognize that your pricing changes is likely to impact adoption of app engine in a negative way. John On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 6:16 PM, psm <[email protected]> wrote: > i'm sorry to see you go. our previous free app levels allowed for quite > significant web sites to run for free. which is nice, of course, but not > tenable. i don't think $30/month total operating cost for this service is > too much for you to pay for running the service you describe, and i'm sorry > to hear you think the service isn't worth that much to you. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/oD_qKZE_JNsJ. > 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.
