Google App Engine suffers outages

One advantage of cloud computing is that it’s an expert’s job to keep the centralized computing infrastructure up and running. But even experts have problems, and that’s what’s going on Tuesday with Google’s App Engine.

The service has been having outages Tuesday, according to a mailing list posting Tuesday. App Engine, launched in April and still [...]

Google App Engine limitations

As for evil plans to steal ideas or code, that’s between you and your skepticism. Big companies are surprisingly good at doing shitty things, and Google is definitely big, but it’s also true that within Google people really try to do the right thing. I was touched to see a privacy-concerned friend of mine start using Gmail after he was hired, saying that only after he saw how seriously they take privacy inside the company could he feel confident about using it. But I can’t tell you anything that will change your mind about this subject.

Cynical rant on Google’s plans for App Engine

Google just launched their cloud computing competitor to Amazon’s EC2 to a limited number of users. This begs the question, why is Google getting into cloud computing?
On the surface, Google is the perfect candidate for it. Their infrastructure was made for this kind of stuff. From Bigtable to GFS, Google was made to handle web [...]

Slashdot Comments on "Google Takes Down HuddleChat After Complaints About 37Signals Ripoff"

The previous post on Google Takes Down HuddleChat After Complaints About 37Signals Ripoffgot very interesting responses on Slashdot. I am quoting some of them which I thought were insightful.

Substitute Microsoft for Google and yes, people would be far more up in arms about it.
“Why?” you ask? Do you really need that spelt out for you?
Microsoft [...]

Google Takes Down HuddleChat After Complaints About 37Signals Ripoff

There were striking similarities between one of Google’s App Engine demos, HuddleChat (a real-time chat application) and the Campfire app from 37Signals. Google has taken HuddleChat down from the App Engine app gallery.” Google explains:

“The App Engine team was looking for some sample apps to help kick the tires on their new system, so we [...]