the author is pissed off about the amount of noise being generated in favor of Google App Engine as if it were completely revolutionary... I just had a thought

the author is pissed off about the amount of noise being generated in favor of Google App Engine as if it were completely revolutionary... I just had a thought. Suppose that, hypothetically, several months ago a service very much like the Google App Engine had been released by a small YC company. And suppose that, hypothetically, that product was nearly out of beta and was already hosting apps on a scalable platform with a standard set of open-source APIs and minimal sysadmin hassle? What level of press hysteria would this product be getting, do you think, relative to this semi-complete beta from Google that doesn't yet have a clear pricing or scaling model? Would anyone on the Heroku team be willing to comment on the record? ;) [Note: I haven't used Heroku enough to really compare it to Google App Engine. However, nobody has used Google App Engine enough to really compare it to Heroku...]