[google-appengine] What are the pros and cons of using Google App engine for my startup?

2012-08-03 Thread Levi Campbell
I'm building a startup, and I'm considering GAE as the platform, however I've been having a hard time finding information on why a startup might consider GAE instead of the many cloud providers out there. Let me explain what I'm working on. I'm a big fan of David Allen's Getting Things Done:

RE: [google-appengine] What are the pros and cons of using Google App engine for my startup?

2012-08-03 Thread Drake
I have a video on the topic coming shortly. Boils down to GAE is pretty much the only PAAS, and IAAS still requires an I Manager. So you save a head count out the get go. Plus GAE is the most elastic of the Rapidly Elastic, so when CrunchMashSlashScobleForbesModo writes about you all on the

Re: [google-appengine] What are the pros and cons of using Google App engine for my startup?

2012-08-03 Thread Brandon Thomson
I'm building a startup, and I'm considering GAE as the platform, however I've been having a hard time finding information on why a startup might consider GAE instead of the many cloud providers out there. Let me explain what I'm working on. GAE is really hard to beat for most startups. I think