On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Wesley C (Google) <wesc+...@google.com>wrote: > > > 1. most Google products are free/low cost. App Engine was/is no > exception. it was/is also in it's beta or preview period... a time for users > to "try before you buy." however, unlike a standard API, this is a > distributed application execution platform, which is not exactly a low-cost > service. > > many users are comparing App Engine to EC2, but that is not an accurate > comparison... yes, both are fruits, but this is really apples vs. oranges. > with EC2, *you* have to not only worry about your app, but also *everything > else*, like elasticity/scale, operating system, database server, web server, > load balancer, licenses, patches/upgrades, etc. i would argue that > scalability is the most difficult and most expensive thing to build on your > own. >
here's a perhaps less-based comparison arguing a similar point: http://groups.google.com/group/objectify-appengine/msg/807b35bfe098ce2c -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 "Python Fundamentals", Prentice Hall, (c)2009 http://corepython.com wesley.chun : wesc+api at google.com : @wescpy developer relations :: google cloud products -- 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.
