Sorry, of course I meant the OpenCF Summit :) On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Matthew Woodward <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Mats Stromberg <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I for sure really like the idea of the OpenBD GAE. >> > > Don't get me wrong--I like the idea of it too. The reality just isn't > working out all that well. > > And even though it's attractive since they have free options and some > really cool APIs (incoming mail, IM, etc.), I agree with Alex's point that > it may be more niche--particularly on the free tier--given the restrictions > and lack of a traditional database. It's just something to consider, and > the database thing in particular means you're 100% tied to GAE and if you > ever wanted to move, you'd have to rewrite any code that used anything that > only exists on GAE. That's not necessarily a deal breaker but people should > go into it with their eyes wide open. > > >> I also really like the ease of use with the Jelastic where I simply can >> deploy any standard application without any changes are specific coding for >> that platform... only... I don't know how much this fun will cost me in the >> end since this ain't defined yet on there side. >> > > There are other platforms as well such as CloudBees which is slightly > different from Jelastic since they host things, and more coming in the > future. > > I absolutely love the promise of PaaS and the application-centric model. > For me, having done quite a bit of playing around with GAE and > acknowledging that there is definitely some cool stuff there, I just think > for most people a more "standard" deployment option such as CloudBees or > Jelastic probably makes more sense, and keeps you more free to move your > apps between providers, or even back to your own Tomcat or Jetty server, > should you need to. > > >> >> At the moment we'll just have to be a bit patient... lot's going on >> including the cfObjective() around the corner where several of our good >> people are involved... >> > > I think you meant OpenCF Summit. :-) But that's ABSOLUTELY a great place > to discuss all this in person with the people who make it happen. We're > posting the preliminary schedule online today so check it out and get > registered! > http://opencfsummit.org > > -- > Matthew Woodward > [email protected] > http://blog.mattwoodward.com > identi.ca / Twitter: @mpwoodward > > Please do not send me proprietary file formats such as Word, PowerPoint, > etc. as attachments. > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > -- > online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ > google+ hints/tips: https://plus.google.com/115990347459711259462 > http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en > > Join us @ http://www.OpenCFsummit.org/ Dallas, Feb 2012 > -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ google+ hints/tips: https://plus.google.com/115990347459711259462 http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en Join us @ http://www.OpenCFsummit.org/ Dallas, Feb 2012
