We don't have any plans to build this, but we're fully supportive of the folks who work on TyphoonAE (Python) and AppScale (Java). The AppScale folks gave a talk at a recent Silicon Valley App Engine Meetup we held at the Googleplex, and we're trying to invite the students and their professor to come have lunch with us (maybe we can get some interns out of this!). Plans change, however. It's always a matter of resource availability. (So ... there's a non-answer for you, I guess.)
As far as open source goes, we love open source and think it's the best. I've heard arguments that open sourcing software exposes security flaws because it allows a deeper analysis of code, but I've also heard arguments that open source software has more eyeballs looking at it to find critical flaws. I'm personally not fully convinced either way. I just know that we are where we are today because of open source, and not just the big projects you always hear about like Apache, MySQL, Linux, etc. Even small open source projects like API clients or desktop applications are great learning tools or great starting points to build applications on. On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Josh Rehman <j...@joshrehman.com> wrote: > Thanks for your feedback. Any googlers want to weigh in on this? > > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Patrick Twohig > <patr...@namazustudios.com> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Wooble <geoffsp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Mar 22, 12:36 am, Iap <iap...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > My concern is that the open-source GAE would also expose the weakness of >>> > GAE. >>> > That makes the GAE more vulnerable under attacking. >>> >>> I hope you're not coding in a programming language that's open >>> source. Just imagine the vulnerabilities. Of course, with python and >>> java eliminated, how are you using App Engine at all? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Google App Engine" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> 1995 called. They want their rhetoric back. >> >> >> >> -- >> Patrick H. Twohig. >> >> Namazu Studios >> P.O. Box 34161 >> San Diego, CA 92163-4161 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" group. >> To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://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 google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine http://googleappengine.blogspot.com | http://twitter.com/app_engine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
