> 1. Are there any current efforts to get it working and approved with > Google AppEngine?
What about Leon's Amazon's S3 module? http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Amazon-S3/ Also, why not generate the Python you need to solve the problem that AppEngine would enhance? AppEngine doesn't allow writing to disk or integrating with C modules (at least according to the FAQ) so it seems it has a fairly narrow application range. By generating the code, you gain access to the cloud for the problems that the cloud solves best. Rob