Re: Google App Engine

["John Stowers" <john stowers gmail com>]

Hi Guys,

Any progress on this?

Regards,

John

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 3:47 AM, Kevin Kubasik <kevin kubasik net> wrote:
> 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
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>  > > >
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