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Appengine is already cheap and reliable. Why would anyone want it on other cloud providers?

nlake44 13y ago
I agree. The private case may be more appealing though. App developers might have some enterprise customers who want to run their applications behind a firewall.
sktrdie 13y ago
Because if they increase their prices, as they have done in the past already, you may still want the freedom of hosting your app somewhere else.
- bitbitbit 13y ago
  Misleading statement. They did not "increase" the price so to speak. The platform came out of beta and into normal pricing mode. The low prices were introductory prices to get developers to use the platform.
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  - nnnnni 13y ago
    The price is higher than it was before, correct? In that case, it was increased.
    - bitbitbit 13y ago
      Increased back to the original price. Yes. It was not higher than the original price and the prices have gone down a little since. Nice play on words there. :)
  - pekk 13y ago
    You are playing with words. The price of using the service increased dramatically.
  - chii 13y ago
    even if they hadn't changed their prices to reflect their beta status, it doesn't mean their prices won't change to one which you no longer like. Having an open source alternative means you are not locked into the vendor, and they cannot charge you an exorbitant price.
    - bitbitbit 13y ago
      appscale?
  - reddit_clone 13y ago
    Also known as Bait and Switch.
dustingetz 13y ago
vendor lock-in, risk management, privacy of data
- bitbitbit 13y ago
  appscale?
rbanffy 13y ago
In addition to the others mentioned, regulatory issues come to mind. The company I work for hosts applications we are not allowed to host on servers we do not control.
- nl 13y ago
  To quote the question "Why would anyone want it on other cloud providers" You can't use AppEngine or any other cloud provider, unless you start playing semantic games around what "servers we do not control" means.
jfoster 13y ago
Well, I'm happy with app engine so far, but it would be nice to have an insurance plan in case Google decide to do something which changes that. Possibilities include retiring app engine, changing the pricing significantly, introducing unpalatable restrictions, etc.
kazagistar 13y ago
For example, if your employer is a non-US government, and feels that feeding all your data directly to the NSA might be undesirable.
jis 13y ago
We host MIT App Inventor on Google App Engine. However we have some folks who want to use App Inventor in locations that have difficulty reaching GAE. Either because they are located on a poor internet connection, or don't have one at all!
crypto5 13y ago
For me, maintenance of large DBs can be very expensive. Some simple query like select count(*) from where ... can easily cost $10, and mysql will give you it for free.

I agree. The private case may be more appealing though. App developers might have some enterprise customers who want to run their applications behind a firewall.

sktrdie 13y ago

Because if they increase their prices, as they have done in the past already, you may still want the freedom of hosting your app somewhere else.

bitbitbit 13y ago
Misleading statement. They did not "increase" the price so to speak. The platform came out of beta and into normal pricing mode. The low prices were introductory prices to get developers to use the platform.
- deleted 13y ago
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- nnnnni 13y ago
  The price is higher than it was before, correct? In that case, it was increased.
  - bitbitbit 13y ago
    Increased back to the original price. Yes. It was not higher than the original price and the prices have gone down a little since. Nice play on words there. :)
- pekk 13y ago
  You are playing with words. The price of using the service increased dramatically.
- chii 13y ago
  even if they hadn't changed their prices to reflect their beta status, it doesn't mean their prices won't change to one which you no longer like. Having an open source alternative means you are not locked into the vendor, and they cannot charge you an exorbitant price.
  - bitbitbit 13y ago
    appscale?
- reddit_clone 13y ago
  Also known as Bait and Switch.

dustingetz 13y ago

vendor lock-in, risk management, privacy of data

bitbitbit 13y ago
appscale?

rbanffy 13y ago

In addition to the others mentioned, regulatory issues come to mind. The company I work for hosts applications we are not allowed to host on servers we do not control.

nl 13y ago
To quote the question "Why would anyone want it on other cloud providers" You can't use AppEngine or any other cloud provider, unless you start playing semantic games around what "servers we do not control" means.

jfoster 13y ago

Well, I'm happy with app engine so far, but it would be nice to have an insurance plan in case Google decide to do something which changes that. Possibilities include retiring app engine, changing the pricing significantly, introducing unpalatable restrictions, etc.

kazagistar 13y ago

For example, if your employer is a non-US government, and feels that feeding all your data directly to the NSA might be undesirable.

jis 13y ago

We host MIT App Inventor on Google App Engine. However we have some folks who want to use App Inventor in locations that have difficulty reaching GAE. Either because they are located on a poor internet connection, or don't have one at all!

crypto5 13y ago

For me, maintenance of large DBs can be very expensive. Some simple query like select count(*) from where ... can easily cost $10, and mysql will give you it for free.