This is a bit of a bummer. I was keen to try it out to generate PDF invoices for customers....
On 28 August 2012 02:07, Christina Ilvento <cilve...@google.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > The API will be shut off in November of 2012. When we have an exact date > for the release we'll let you know. > > > Thanks, > Christina > > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Daniel Florey <daniel.flo...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I suspect that the low adoption is the real reason behind it. I guess >> either the core developers left the App Engine team or they had some >> serious licensing trouble with the underlying products (PrinceXML etc.) >> But this just a guess, it is fully understandable that Google will not >> communicate the real reasons behind this move. >> But on the other hand I agree that claiming the "low adoption" is not a >> good excuse as there are too many services in experimental state and it >> will not scare developers to try them and invest time (and money). >> So all I'm hoping for is to get some more time to find or implement an >> alternative and a little bit less of this marketing-driven >> email-communication. >> If a service is switched off I simply want to get an email that says "We >> are sorry..." instead of "One of the great things about App Engine..." >> >> Daniel >> >> On Monday, August 27, 2012 3:54:45 PM UTC+2, Joshua Smith wrote: >> >>> >>> On Aug 27, 2012, at 5:20 AM, doright <doug.s...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> tell us how short you were from your required uptake >>> >>> >>> Although I never actually tried the conversion API (too many people >>> complaining it didn't work well scared me off), I think that Google is >>> setting a bad precedent here. >>> >>> Killing projects because of low adoption makes people loath to adopt, >>> because all the work they spend getting a feature integrated may be >>> spontaneously wasted if it turns out the feature isn't widely adopted. >>> >>> So people reasonably avoid adopting features until they are popular. >>> >>> So features are killed because of low adoption. >>> >>> etc. >>> >>> I'm not sure exactly what the better way of doing things would be, but >>> there are plenty of options. This way is clearly a terrible way to do >>> business. >>> >>> -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. > -- 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.
