On: Google Jumps Head First Into Web Services With Google App Engine

[lux]

Or an open source project to create a compatible framework... That way you could choose from many hosts :)

[ph0rque → lux]

Maybe Google could speed up the process and make the app engine framework open-source :~).

[andreyf → ph0rque]

I think they already did (kind of). As far as I can tell from a quick glance, this is Django on top of Google's infrastructure. But they aren't about to open-source their infrastructure.

[apathy → andreyf]

But they aren't about to open-source their infrastructure.

Wouldn't matter if they did -- you can't open-source a bunch of contracts with trucking companies, nor would any sane company want to open-source their testing routines for the hardware they build in house to manage the mess. Parts of the infrastructure are, however, published as patents :-)

Google's operational efficiency in deploying new capacity is the crushing advantage they possess over 99.999% of the companies on the planet.

[lux → ph0rque]

That would be totally awesome, and you could make the case that it benefits them to have their App Engine platform become a more standardized/open framework!

[nirmal → lux]

better to let us white hats find the flaws :)

no buffer overflows or fork bombs in this sandbox baby.