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Re:Google Launches Cloud Platform for Startups by cdnsteve on Friday September 12, 2014 @08:54AM (#8307726)
But if moving off your current platform and to Google's worth it? One year goes fast.
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Re:Google Launches Cloud Platform for Startups by jacquesm on Friday September 12, 2014 @10:00AM (#8308020)
It's moving the other way that will get you.

And that will likely wipe out any savings and then some.

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Re:Google Launches Cloud Platform for Startups by sjuncal11 on Friday September 12, 2014 @11:19AM (#8308473)
Moving to GCP takes a bit of an idealogical shift, but moving off Google is pretty simple if you use AppScale. That might be the best option for these startups; take advantages of the free services from Google and move away after a year if you need to.
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Re:Google Launches Cloud Platform for Startups by dragonwriter on Friday September 12, 2014 @12:02PM (#8308762)
AppScale is an alternative implementation of AppEngine, but AppEngine isn't the whole of Google Cloud Platform.
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Re:Google Launches Cloud Platform for Startups by tim333 on Friday September 12, 2014 @11:20AM (#8308485)
Yeah, there are some horror stories eg. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1927903

4 years old that, things may be better now.

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