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Like PubNub, channels in beacon push are just specified by a string and can be generated on the fly.
But Robert - you did not address the Root Question: why *should*
Google dial back the revenue knob?
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With this price, I won't get 99% guaranteed up time, because of M/S.
Oh, there are periodical M/S maintenance times, and I will be paying
for them.
As soon as I get time, I'll evaluate other options.
It's not only money, its faith, too.
Will
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Raymond C. <wind...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am not asking who is not happy with the new pricing (virtually most of GAE
> users).
> I am just asking who is FORCED to leave GAE because you cannot afford to
> keep running on GAE under the new pricing model. Please (if possible) state
> the monthly price change as well.
> And what options you are considering?
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The mode of operation seems to be:1. Attract users with free / very low cost, cloud infrastructure2. Force them to use Google specific APIs aka lock them in3. Drastically increase prices giving users only a couple of weeks notice4. Since they're locked in, and can't migrate their app in a couple of weeks, fleece them!I do hope somebody from Google tells me that I am wrong! :-)
BAIT AND SWITCH I call.
Angke
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1. most Google products are free/low cost. App Engine was/is no exception. it was/is also in it's beta or preview period... a time for users to "try before you buy." however, unlike a standard API, this is a distributed application execution platform, which is not exactly a low-cost service.many users are comparing App Engine to EC2, but that is not an accurate comparison... yes, both are fruits, but this is really apples vs. oranges. with EC2, *you* have to not only worry about your app, but also *everything else*, like elasticity/scale, operating system, database server, web server, load balancer, licenses, patches/upgrades, etc. i would argue that scalability is the most difficult and most expensive thing to build on your own.
If all you said is true, then why the billing in the preview was so
cheap for 3 years?
BAIT AND SWITCH I call.
1. I don't know how many in this discussion group believe Google is a
non-profit organization. My guess is none. I want to pay for GAE, and
I've been paying for more than a year, the recent monthly bills are
about 120$. Not particularly cheap, but I am happy because I believe
it is a very reasonable price.
2. If GAE is a premium service intending for serious business uses,
then say so at the very beginning. GAE was presented as a very cheap
(yet technically advanced with many advantages) clouding platform at
the beginning. If Google realizes it is a mistake, it should do
something more reasonable than this, especially to existing paying
customers. Maybe Amazon is as expensive as the new pricing model, but
I won't complain, because they state their prices very clearly
upfront, without 3 years of 'previewing'.
Will
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Wesley C (Google) <wesc...@google.com> wrote:
Best,
Will