Since VinnyP and I have hijacked this thread (well let's say we re-directed it to say GAE is *not* expensive for SMB)... here is an example. A local bakery started by two sisters in the small town in which I live. They had no idea how to get up their web site, and got screwed several times by self-serving companies / devs. I will be helping them, get set up on GAE (pro bono -- except I am hoping for some free bagels) so that they can receive emails, publish some dynamic pages, etc. Very simple stuff. They are AMAZED that this will all be essentially free. I would guess that there are tens of thousands of similar SMB owners who would be AMAZED to see a Google ad or communication piece letting them know that GAE can do this. VinnyP is also mucho correcto re: the Wordpress setup. Essential. Again, what's the point of having billions in Googles accounts when there are customer needs like this to be met? I am sure the finance guys have worked the numbers that show there is little profit or revenue for this. <max_marketing-speak> However, this is a big brand-burnishing opportunity, and the halo-effect will likely bring in more devs working on hockey-stick biz plans that everyone in The Valley holds so dear. Should you all need to know the optimal system-1 cues to include in your communications, contact me.</max_marketing-speak> HTH, and Cheers, stevep
On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 9:21:22 PM UTC-7, Vinny P wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 10:16 AM, stevep <pros...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Some of the setups I see are so discouraging. BTW Google (if you are >> reading this): Most SMB owner's that I meet could really, really use some >> help understanding issues like this >> > > > +1 > > What would really be nice is if Google or someone made a way to one-button > deploy Wordpress/Drupal to App Engine, autoconfigure Cloud SQL, set up with > reasonable defaults and some branding, etc. If someone made a Kickstarter > for this, I'd donate to the effort. It would also make a nice Masters > degree final project for any ambitious students out there reading this, > hint hint :-). Make it easy for people to quickly set up their site, and > more SMBs would start out on and grow with App Engine. > > > ----------------- > -Vinny P > Technology & Media Advisor > Chicago, IL > > App Engine Code Samples: http://www.learntogoogleit.com > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
