I'm not saying it will scale well, but it is designed to scale in a way a shared host simply can't. If App Engine fails to scale because the bandwidth is too ex

I'm not saying it will scale well, but it is designed to scale in a way a shared host simply can't. If App Engine fails to scale because the bandwidth is too expensive then Google can reduce the price. I don't think the article even understands that this isn't simply another shared host. The joyent people didn't get it with their 'give the people root'.