Yeah, that AND because writing useful software using the many, many, many limitations of GAE is too hard for Google products to be out in time, let other people's products be late. You don't put all your eggs on the basket, you put some of your eggs on the basket and charge other people to put some of their eggs on that same basket. The thing is, Google owns the basket. If Google doesn't trust it's own basket then why should everyone else?
It's a (would-be-)great platform. Just not "enterprise" great, no matter how many companies you invite (pay to talk) about how great GAE is for their enterprise. On Oct 13, 12:53 pm, "Brandon Wirtz" <[email protected]> wrote: > Josh, > > I sure hope the Googlers on this list don't take your advice, I'd like them > to continue to have employment for a while, and doing as you say might end > that. > > Amazon doesn't run on EC2, Microsoft doesn't run on Azure. Cloud computing > is NOT for Super Enterprise. It is for those still looking to scale and > grow. Those who don't want to deal with infrastructure. But if you are truly > building the Fastest, Most Reliable, Biggest tools, the obfuscation of the > hardware is a bad thing. > > It is like me going to the race track. I'm amateur, I take my Spec Mini > cooper and I run. Sometimes I rent a Lotus. That rental is a great deal for > me, but I can't tune it to my preferences. It is faster than my Mini, it is > well maintained, but compared to what it could do if I owned it, it is slow > and limiting. > > Google does run some projects on GAE, Microsoft runs some projects on Azure. > Certainly the lessons learned from these platforms goes back to other > projects, but you don't put all of your eggs in one basket. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joshua Smith > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 8:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Peter Magnusson; Gregory D'alesandre > Subject: [google-appengine] Here's your platform... > > I'm sure you've all seen this by now: > > http://siliconfilter.com/google-engineer-google-is-a-prime-example-of... > mplete-failure-to-understand-platforms/ > > (skip the blog entry and go right down to the actual posting at the bottom). > > As I read it, it struck me that GAE totally IS a platform. And it struck me > how much more awesome GAE would be if maps, and docs, and charts, and > everything else was written on it. > > So my advice to you Peter and Gregory is to march into > whoever's-in-charge-these-day's office and say: "He's right. And here's how > to fix it: Require that from this moment forward EVERY product (except > search) google offers MUST be built on GAE." > > GAE would increase in awesomeness by 1000 fold, because your peers in google > would demand that it does. > > -Joshua > > -- > 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 > athttp://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.
