Comments on: Squawk Box April 9 – Google App Engine, and Skype’s Carterfone application http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/04/09/squawk-box-april-9-google-app-engine-and-skypes-carterfone-application/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=squawk-box-april-9-google-app-engine-and-skypes-carterfone-application An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Courtney http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/04/09/squawk-box-april-9-google-app-engine-and-skypes-carterfone-application/#comment-6591 Jim Courtney Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:17:19 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2008/04/09/squawk-box-april-9-google-app-engine-and-skypes-carterfone-application/#comment-6591 I attended a Google presentation this monrning at IT360 in Toronto. It would be more appropriate if they had mockingly referred to Google as CloudNet since the theme of the presentation was "Cloud Computing". I attended a Google presentation this monrning at IT360 in Toronto. It would be more appropriate if they had mockingly referred to Google as CloudNet since the theme of the presentation was “Cloud Computing”.

]]> By: Jason http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/04/09/squawk-box-april-9-google-app-engine-and-skypes-carterfone-application/#comment-6592 Jason Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:02:07 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2008/04/09/squawk-box-april-9-google-app-engine-and-skypes-carterfone-application/#comment-6592 I think that Google has just shaken up the small web hosting market. It's the 500MB, 10G/day for free part. How hard is it to write a little python application that serves up web pages? Google will win the market simply because they already have a relationship with these people. Everyone has experience with bad hosts... I went with Amazon because it was a single click to sign up and get started. Now with Google, it will be just as easy, and FREE! I think that Google has just shaken up the small web hosting market.

It's the 500MB, 10G/day for free part.

How hard is it to write a little python application that serves up web pages?

Google will win the market simply because they already have a relationship with these people. Everyone has experience with bad hosts… I went with Amazon because it was a single click to sign up and get started. Now with Google, it will be just as easy, and FREE!

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