On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Mats Stromberg <[email protected]>wrote:
> I for sure really like the idea of the OpenBD GAE. > Don't get me wrong--I like the idea of it too. The reality just isn't working out all that well. And even though it's attractive since they have free options and some really cool APIs (incoming mail, IM, etc.), I agree with Alex's point that it may be more niche--particularly on the free tier--given the restrictions and lack of a traditional database. It's just something to consider, and the database thing in particular means you're 100% tied to GAE and if you ever wanted to move, you'd have to rewrite any code that used anything that only exists on GAE. That's not necessarily a deal breaker but people should go into it with their eyes wide open. > I also really like the ease of use with the Jelastic where I simply can > deploy any standard application without any changes are specific coding for > that platform... only... I don't know how much this fun will cost me in the > end since this ain't defined yet on there side. > There are other platforms as well such as CloudBees which is slightly different from Jelastic since they host things, and more coming in the future. I absolutely love the promise of PaaS and the application-centric model. For me, having done quite a bit of playing around with GAE and acknowledging that there is definitely some cool stuff there, I just think for most people a more "standard" deployment option such as CloudBees or Jelastic probably makes more sense, and keeps you more free to move your apps between providers, or even back to your own Tomcat or Jetty server, should you need to. > > At the moment we'll just have to be a bit patient... lot's going on > including the cfObjective() around the corner where several of our good > people are involved... > I think you meant OpenCF Summit. :-) But that's ABSOLUTELY a great place to discuss all this in person with the people who make it happen. We're posting the preliminary schedule online today so check it out and get registered! http://opencfsummit.org -- Matthew Woodward [email protected] http://blog.mattwoodward.com identi.ca / Twitter: @mpwoodward Please do not send me proprietary file formats such as Word, PowerPoint, etc. as attachments. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ google+ hints/tips: https://plus.google.com/115990347459711259462 http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en Join us @ http://www.OpenCFsummit.org/ Dallas, Feb 2012
