I was using GAE Standard with Python on my last gig for a couple of years, and now I'm using GAE Flexible, and I totally agree with you. My guess have always b

I was using GAE Standard with Python on my last gig for a couple of years, and now I'm using GAE Flexible, and I totally agree with you. My guess have always been that the naming choice was an attempt at rescuing the somewhat bad PR they had with GAE Standard by "polluting" (improving) the GAE brand with this new thing. (I was seriously concerned when I was told during the interview that they were using GAE on this job, but reliefed when it turned out to be GAE Flexible. However, I do miss some of the magic provided by Standard, but do not miss Python 2.7 and some of the restrictions.)