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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by squidsoup on Thursday December 06, 2012 @10:08PM (#4885285)
If Heroku can afford to support free users on it's PaaS, it surprises me that it isn't feasible for a giant like Google. I can't see this move doing anything to improve what is arguably an already unpopular service.
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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by throwawaay on Thursday December 06, 2012 @10:59PM (#4885398)
Seriously? You're actually saying that a service[1] with millions of customers and still growing is "already unpopular"?

Show your work, please.

[1] http://www.google.com/intl/en/enterprise/apps/business/custo...

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Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups by alanctgardner2 on Friday December 07, 2012 @10:05AM (#4887163)
Just a note, you outgrow the free Heroku implementation pretty quickly. Do you need SSL on a custom domain? You're now paying. Do you need more than a small number of DB connections simultaneously? The smallest production psql tier is $50 a month, or the annual fee for one seat on Gmail.
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