Re: Google App Engine

["Kevin Kubasik" <kevin kubasik net>]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Brent Gueth <creeva gmail com> wrote:
> I was thinking of two possible solutions.
>
> 1.  If after beta google ups the storage space significantly we could host
> as an application.
>
> 2.  The better option - release a conduit module for configuration on the
> users side so they could just use their own google apps engine for storage
> and syncing fo their own files.   Making conduit the application that plugs
> them into their own personal cloud computing.
>

Yeah, def  the ideal solution, if the free accounts are available and
easy to get ;)
> Number 2 means that as a project we don't need to worry about cost,
> monetization, or up time since the user would interact with their own
> backend.   Assuming that google eventually opens this up to the world at
> large of course.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Kevin Kubasik <kevin kubasik net> wrote:
> > Hey, so I was wondering what people thought about this, even if we
> > ended up needing to charge people for storage plans, it would be a
> > wicked awesome addition to conduit.
> >
> > What are peoples thoughts?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Kevin Kubasik
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Kevin Kubasik <kevin kubasik net> wrote:
> > > Awesome! I actually wrote up a GSOC proposal to basically do the same
> > >  thing against the google spreadsheets API, obviously appengine
> > >  presents a more... complete solution. I've been playing around with
> > >  the SDK, its pretty straightforward, and should work well. The obvious
> > >  concern with any 'point source' is making sure we could continue to
> > >  offer it, even as conduit grows. Now Google is cool, and probably
> > >  would be willing to make an arraignment if we had a real tangible use
> > >  for it. I see it as a great means of storing and syncing 2 main 'sets'
> > >  of data
> > >  1) Conduits settings and mapping db itself. read: I sit down at my new
> > >  laptop, enter one password, and have everything synced down to you
> > >  from all your different web accounts etc.
> > >  2) Cool desktop metadata that has no real home on the web (yet ;) ).
> > >  Things like playlists, chat logs, settings, ratings, tags, tasks, or
> > >  even browser history (some of these things do have specialized
> > >  services offered, but there's also a reason that they haven't caught
> > >  on)
> > >
> > >  Most importantly, by having the potential for an independent and
> > >  available mapping source, we could have intelligent N-Way syncs
> > >  between different machines, while services like Box.net do allow for
> > >  this to an extent, this is where an intelligent sync service would
> > >  really rock.
> > >
> > >
> > >  My $0.02, Lemme know if I'm on a whole different world ;)
> > >
> > >  Kevin Kubasik
> > >
> > > 2008/4/21 Brent Gueth <creeva gmail com>:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Well I got into the Google App Engine beta - since I'm not a
> programmer I'm
> > >  > the type of guy that makes it longer for real programmers to get in.
> That
> > >  > being said I can create a new project and invite third party
> developers to
> > >  > work with it - hint hint.
> > >  >
> > >  > It seems I can only create three projects - one I am keeping for my
> want to
> > >  > play with python implmentation.   I was going to donate the other two
> (until
> > >  > it's officially open for all) to the conduit porject - one beta
> testing and
> > >  > one we can use for a live plugin.   What do you guys think?
> > >  >
> > >  > If we can use the App Engine as the definitive online back up source
> and
> > >  > cross reference for syncing, then I see conduit becoming the
> centralized
> > >  > point that makes conduit the true conduit to allowing gnome to be the
> cloud
> > >  > computing platform.
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  > To keep everyone from jumping on the bandwagon, I'll leave decision
> to John
> > >  > on how to proceed on this (aka I don't know if there is a limit to
> the
> > >  > number of developers I can invite on a project so I want to make sure
> this
> > >  > is coordinated to people with the appropriate skills first)
> > >  >
> > >  > Brent
> > >  >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  --
> > >  Kevin Kubasik
> > >  http://kubasik.net/blog
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Kevin Kubasik
> > http://kubasik.net/blog
> >
>
>



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