Microsoft had that stack circa 1999 with Visual Studio and IE 4, it all fell apart on the cross browser / interoperability thing.
If Google is seriously intending to be The One True Stack for the web, then they are doomed to fail, I think the internet generates anti- bodies to kill off that kind of thing. Secondly, this stuff in the cloud thing has barely started yet, we've seen what has happened with recent S3 outages or Gmail outages how the cloud can fail despite the resourcing of some of the largest practitioners of this concept. All the linear scaling and free/ cheapness in the the world won't make up for the conversation with your business owner that goes: Them: "Why is it not working?????" You: "Google seems to be down" Them: "When will it be back????" You: "Um, I'll check their newsgroup to see what they say, I think we get our $19.95 back if its out of order for more than a couple of days....." Secondly, Google's evilness is in direct relationship to their profitability and share price. If either goes south for an extended period I would expect all that 'do not evil' to go out the window. The adage that 'evil triumphs when good men (people) do nothing' applies, I think its on our shoulders to call Google out at every opportunity when we believe they cross the line - the recent Chrome T&C's are a good example. Finally, it should be obvious I don't drink the Google cool-aid. I think their efforts get a disproportionally high level of interest relative to their actual innovation and, maybe like Apple, a lot of the warts on their efforts get glossed over. On Sep 4, 12:05 pm, Casper Bang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's the very thing which was discussed in this weeks MacBreak > weekly:http://twit.tv/mbw > > /Casper > > On Sep 4, 3:15 am, RogerV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Me thinks Google Chrome is the most significant and worthy app that > > Google has produced since Gmail. It's remarkable on its own merits. > > > However, Google is actually establishing an entire stack. Let's list > > it from the client tier toward the server tier: > > > Google Chrome > > Canvas > > Gears > > GWT (for development language and tools) > > Google App Engine > > > When taken altogether, they make for a rather remarkable web > > development stack. Any developer can grab these items and start > > building software. Google App Engine is available in a developer > > download that can be installed on a local server. It's all free and > > mostly open source. Ultimately Google App Engine service will cost of > > course, but if you architect on this stack, that service should be > > scalable on a cost basis that is pretty much linear. > > > What do folks think? > > > Does this pretty much define the web computing platform stack for the > > next 15 years? > > > Is Google positioned to have a strong hold on developers' mind share > > comparable to that which Microsoft has had via Windows? > > > Because Google will be sifting information at a much more intimate > > level than Microsoft ever did, will they truly remain a company that > > does no evil? > > > Is it possible to possess the information reach they have and not > > succumb to evil? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
