Re:The Google App Engine Hoax
by redrobot5050 on Monday March 02, 2009 @12:24PM
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The difference between the two is that Amazon isn't free. Its pay-per-use.
Provided that you stay within the "free" quota, an AppEngine app can be developed/deployed for free.
One is more "hobbyist" than the other. S3/EC2 is used all over the place by professionals, whereas AppEngine has yet to to really achieve that same kind of ubiquity (in terms of developer mindshare).
Provided that you stay within the "free" quota, an AppEngine app can be developed/deployed for free.
One is more "hobbyist" than the other. S3/EC2 is used all over the place by professionals, whereas AppEngine has yet to to really achieve that same kind of ubiquity (in terms of developer mindshare).