Comments on: Google App Engine – AWS Competitor? http://scott.yang.id.au/2008/04/google-app-engine/ Faith, Technology and Randomness in Life, According to Scott Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:17:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: scotty http://scott.yang.id.au/2008/04/google-app-engine/#comment-92214 scotty Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:38:43 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/?p=1737#comment-92214 @David, <blockquote>But what if Joyent/Amazon/Google fails? Google fail? Amazon fail?</blockquote> I gotta say it is a BIG if, but then again everything is possible. Including what if Solaris is unable to scale? :) I understand that by deploying on a proprietary platform, it is basically vendor lock in and you'll be doomed if the vendor is unable to deliver. The GAE is also very restrictive as it is Python + built-in modules only so I cannot see any company building their entire infrastructure on it. But that's not what GAE is targeted for. Simple Python-based web application that is promised to be infinitely scalable -- how much would that cost on Accelerator (without giving away the customer data for sure :) and how much would that cost on GAE? What if you are a one-man shop that cannot afford to folk resource on getting the infrastructure up and running? @David,

But what if Joyent/Amazon/Google fails? Google fail? Amazon fail?

I gotta say it is a BIG if, but then again everything is possible. Including what if Solaris is unable to scale? :)

I understand that by deploying on a proprietary platform, it is basically vendor lock in and you’ll be doomed if the vendor is unable to deliver. The GAE is also very restrictive as it is Python + built-in modules only so I cannot see any company building their entire infrastructure on it. But that’s not what GAE is targeted for.

Simple Python-based web application that is promised to be infinitely scalable — how much would that cost on Accelerator (without giving away the customer data for sure :) and how much would that cost on GAE? What if you are a one-man shop that cannot afford to folk resource on getting the infrastructure up and running?

]]> By: David Young http://scott.yang.id.au/2008/04/google-app-engine/#comment-92213 David Young Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:38:07 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/?p=1737#comment-92213 Actually, that's not what Joyent's position is. We'll see if GAE scales. But if it doesn't, uh, you're trapped. What if your app really takes off? Yeah, "root" is an escape hatch. And open source, open protocol stacks are the escape hatch. On the idea of "scaling". It's a good point. We all need to work on it. But what if Joyent/Amazon/Google fails? Google fail? Amazon fail? It's possible. Then what? What's the outlet? Yes, "root" is the outlet. Actually, that’s not what Joyent’s position is. We’ll see if GAE scales. But if it doesn’t, uh, you’re trapped. What if your app really takes off? Yeah, “root” is an escape hatch. And open source, open protocol stacks are the escape hatch. On the idea of “scaling”. It’s a good point. We all need to work on it. But what if Joyent/Amazon/Google fails? Google fail? Amazon fail? It’s possible. Then what? What’s the outlet? Yes, “root” is the outlet.

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