[google-appengine] Re: Disappointed with free quota changes (probably not surprising)

2009-02-25 Thread Brandon Thomson
I am somewhat annoyed they did not start off with the smaller quotas but it can't be helped at this point. If App Engine doesn't become profitable Google corporate will shut it down and then we will all be hosed. On Feb 24, 9:12 pm, "B.J." wrote: > I don't know that I have ever whined at an orga

[google-appengine] Re: Disappointed with free quota changes (probably not surprising)

2009-02-25 Thread gg
"However, along with many performance improvements, we have learned that we were overly conservative with our initial free quota estimates. Therefore, 90 days after February 24th, 2009, we will be reducing the free quota resources." Bait and Switch. I guess it is legal since all you invested w

[google-appengine] Re: Disappointed with free quota changes (probably not surprising)

2009-02-25 Thread Greg
B.J. wrote: > By my calculations, it could cost me $1000 over the next year to host > my app that I had anticipated being hosted under the quotas. It may > cost me nothing right now our usage is just under the daily CPU > limits. If the traffic doesn't grow, no problem But whose goal is it

[google-appengine] Re: Disappointed with free quota changes (probably not surprising)

2009-02-25 Thread Brandon Thomson
I agree except for the part about DOS attacks. As far as I can tell they will just cost you a lot of money unless you actively detect and block them, and even then there could be cost involved. On Feb 25, 4:24 pm, Greg wrote: > My feeling is that many people see GAE as free/cheap hosting. It ca

[google-appengine] Re: Disappointed with free quota changes (probably not surprising)

2009-02-25 Thread peterk
The last official word on DOS attacks, from Marzia Niccolai, back in September last year: "On the broader issue of denial-of-service attacks, these are an unfortunate reality in the web world. While we don't currently offer applications any specific protections against attacks of this nature, thi

[google-appengine] Re: Disappointed with free quota changes (probably not surprising)

2009-02-25 Thread Josh Cronemeyer
I'm not saying you shouldn't be complainin, because lots of us were surprised by the new "official" quota numbers and the new accounting, but I will say that you certainly undertook a big risk by investing in a technology as new and raw as app engine. Given the limitations and concerns in your ema

[google-appengine] Re: Disappointed with free quota changes (probably not surprising)

2009-02-25 Thread B.J.
Agreed. As I said, "Shame on me." On Feb 25, 10:27 pm, Josh Cronemeyer wrote: > I'm not saying you shouldn't be complainin, because lots of us were > surprised by the new "official" quota numbers and the new accounting, but I > will say that you certainly undertook a big risk by investing in a

[google-appengine] Re: Disappointed with free quota changes (probably not surprising)

2009-02-26 Thread Portos
b.j. Actually yours is exactly my point of view and I think that it's the point of many people. On Feb 26, 5:34 am, "B.J." wrote: > Agreed.  As I said, "Shame on me." > > On Feb 25, 10:27 pm, Josh Cronemeyer > wrote: > > > I'm not saying you shouldn't be complainin, because lots of us were > >

[google-appengine] Re: Disappointed with free quota changes (probably not surprising)

2009-02-26 Thread dalenewman
Here's my super freaky logic; one day, I said to myself: "Gmail is free, and it is AWESOME." There was quiet in my mind for several seconds... Then I surmised: "Maybe Google App Engine will do for web hosting what Gmail did for email... it will be AWESOME!" I thought to myself... "I must be

[google-appengine] Re: Disappointed with free quota changes (probably not surprising)

2009-02-26 Thread nickmilon
Nice site ;) - Hope you make out something from it NickMilon --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 unsubs

[google-appengine] Re: Disappointed with free quota changes (probably not surprising)

2009-02-26 Thread Bennomatic
I could make a pretty good guess as to why it happened. Google's major income is from advertising, and while they're not going broke any time soon, the amount of money coming in from their advertising has dropped significantly, and so things they could have done as loss leaders to get more advert

[google-appengine] Re: Disappointed with free quota changes (probably not surprising)

2009-02-26 Thread ltcstyle
Why not try AppEngine Patch, you get the best of both gae and django. -- www.MobiTheWeb.com Let's share the best mobile web experience. On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Bennomatic wrote: > > I could make a pretty good guess as to why it happened. Google's > major income is from advertising