Comments on The Wisdom of Clouds: What Google App Engine is NOT

James,You're making an argument where none exists....

2008-04-09T13:40:00.000-07:00

James,

You're making an argument where none exists. No-one is arguing for running enterprise IT on GoogleAppEngine today. It's a first step.

Sorry..."not going to be of limited use now" shoul...

2008-04-09T11:41:00.000-07:00

Sorry..."not going to be of limited use now" should be "going to be of limited use now".

So you agree that today, as it stands now, as a fi...

2008-04-09T11:38:00.000-07:00

So you agree that today, as it stands now, as a first step, Google App Engine is largely a no-op for enterprise IT? It may become more relevant in the future, but its not going to be of limited use now?

If so, then we are on the same page.

Hi James,You're comparing a first step and saying ...

2008-04-09T11:18:00.000-07:00

Hi James,

You're comparing a first step and saying it's not the same as the fifth step ... of course it isn't .... it's the first step.

If a competitive utility market forms around standards, then those standards will grow.

This reminds of the days when I listened to companies and people tell me why in 1995 the internet wasn't for business or in 1996 why no-one would use the internet for share trading or in 1997 why real businesses wouldn't use open source or in 2002 why you couldn't run a company from a wiki. They were all "correct" at their time, however you always need to look forward at the potential beyond the first step, to see what can happen.

So could you run an enterprise environment, of which I have fifteen years experience of building, on GoogleAppEngine today? Of course not. No-one says you can.

How about in the future? With a competitive utility computing market we can do a lot more than just leverage Google / Amazon with our architectures. Of course that'll upset some people's business models - they'll just have to adapt.

That's creative destruction for you.