On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 6:44 PM, vivpuri <v...@vivekpuri.com> wrote: > In my opinion, this pricing change has ability to destroy AppEngine.
I believe you are underestimating the amount of bad experience users that are locked into the platform will put up with before they switch. I'm sure Google could have done some PR before this change, and prepped the users for the change, but I'm also sure most users will just bite the bullet and pay up. Sure, some will leave, but I bet most will stick to GAE. If you coded your application without any layer of abstraction, and your code is highly optimized for running on GAE, it costs more to move away from it, than to sustain the increased fees until you can monetize your application. Of course, if the application wasn't meant to be used for business, that's different. If it's a hobby, you can 'afford' to move to another platform. But for a business that is planning on monetizing, moving is just as expensive as staying. -- Branko Vukelić bra...@herdhound.com Lead Developer Herd Hound (tm) - Travel that doesn't bite www.herdhound.com -- 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.
