While I won't disagree that this article may take the matter too far, there are real issues that need to be considered before choosing to run your BUSINESS on s

While I won't disagree that this article may take the matter too far, there are real issues that need to be considered before choosing to run your BUSINESS on someone else's infrastructure. If you're just building a toy app to have fun with then this is great but if you're trying to make money, or create the next big thing, you really need to consider if placing all of your IP and uptime requirements on a possible competitor's infrastructure is a good idea. With Amazon at least you have the option to pick and choose what you want, you can keep your code on your own hardware and offload your data, or vice-versa. Google's offering is all-in-one and, since you aren't given a VM to work with, there is no telling what kind of access they have to your code. Google isn't SkyNet, but they are looking more and more like Microsoft of the 90s. Would you have wanted to house all your code and data at Redmond?