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The single largest benefit of App Engine is that Google does the sysadmin. I would prefer that Google's highly paid, top 1%, employees are responsible for the

The single largest benefit of App Engine is that Google does the sysadmin. I would prefer that Google's highly paid, top 1%, employees are responsible for the servers than whomever I could afford to pay. ;-) If your application fits with the App Engine paradigm, then it can be a great and inexpensive platform.

loewenskind 16y ago
Where is this myth coming from that Google employees are highly paid? That's never been the case as far as I know. The number I'd always heard was 10-20% below market because "ZOMG, IT'S GOOGLE!". As far as top 1%, that's a meaningless metric and I've heard they don't even try for that anymore anyway (e.g. people complaining of a lot of "riffraff" coming in.