I think you've got that backwards. The other cloud services referenced (amazon/rackspace) are IaaS, and allow you to host your own operating system that you have complete control over. App engine is the service with a layer between the data and the application. You can't control how app engine datastore works. On rackspace/amazon you can host whatever database you want or make your own database. It its a totally different service model.
I'm not saying one is better then the other, but your implying that you have more control with app engine then you do with other cloud services when its quite the opposite. I think most people who use app engine prefer it because you don't have to understand how everything works. I get a black box servlet environment, datastore, and whatever else a site typically needs. I don't have to waste time knowing how all of this works, I just get to use it. People who need the sort of control you are talking about tend to prefer IaaS services where you can control how everything works. -- 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/-/EvR7Ik_VjqIJ. 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.
