I know this is a long shot, but… My company uses GAE for lots of things, and, as a for-profit company, we're willing and able to pay for things of value. I'm pretty sure the $9/mo + whatever isn't going to cause us to switch cloud providers.
But in my personal time, I've also used GAE for some not-for-profit applications. One for my local library to manage their interlibrary loan requests (which I'm sure will be able to live within the free quotas), and another for small towns to use to meet Massachusetts Open Meeting Law requirements (which I'm sure will NOT be able to live within the free quotas). See: http://www.mytowngovernment.org I'm wondering if Google might start a program to waive the $9/mo fee for public-good type applications like this. Ideally it would not require that I have a proper 501c3, since getting one of those approved costs a fortune these days. Perhaps it could be handled casually, like the "can I please have more than 10 apps" requests are today. In my "about" page, I warned towns that they should budget for the open meeting site to eventually cost something, because I figured the GAE free lunch couldn't last forever. But I think it would be a terrific non-evil thing for Google to consider starting a program to give away their services for not-for-profit applications. -Joshua -- 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-appengine@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.
