I'm sorry. What we tried is not exactly what we are going to be buying. Nobody had a clue what the real prices would look like and earlier speculations were shot down as ridiculous projections.
What we tried was a platform where I dont have to worry about Instances and tuning the scheduler for costs. Tell me with a straight face that this is the same platform. Announcing it in May and taking 2 months to make a FAQ and still managing to keep everyone guessing isn't exactly preparing everyone for it. People repeatedly asked if GAE now wants to go enterprise only. There was no response. Now you lash out against them saying it's common sense. People are still pointing out bugs with scheduler, and everyone has 2 weeks time after looking at their prices. And SLA only for HR apps. Single threaded Python runtime. Haha. You should have written this mail back in May. On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Wesley C (Google) <wesc+...@google.com>wrote: > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Angke Chen <ang...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If all you said is true, then why the billing in the preview was so >> cheap for 3 years? >> >> BAIT AND SWITCH I call. > > > > it usually takes awhile for a product to bake before realizing that it is > indeed viable to the market. we couldn't make it *completely* free, so a > pay-as-you-go method worked well for Google and App Engine users alike. we > also wanted to continue to attract users to platform. as i already mentioned > in my previous message: "it was/is also in it's beta or preview period... > a time for users to "try before you buy." > > 3 years isn't unreasonable for a preview period, and since we launched, > we've kept on making improvements and adding new features to the platform -- > new releases about every 6-10 weeks! yes, there have been a few small bumps > along the way, but this is the way of the cloud. we're continuing to make > the platform better for users, and hopefully some of you will see that it's > still a worthwhile endeavor! > > best regards, > -- 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. > -- 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.
