Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Run Google App Engine Apps On Amazon's Cloud

Posted by kdawson on from the ionized-path-between-the-clouds dept.

jamie found a post laying to rest one potential criticism of Google's App Engine, that of the danger of lock-in to the platform. Waxy.org points out a hack called AppDrop, written by Chris Anderson, that provides a container for Google App SDK applications, running entirely on Amazon's EC2 infrastructure. Here's Anderson's AppDrop page and his blog post announcing it.

6 of 39 comments (clear)

  1. Queue by pete-classic · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Rolling Stones.

    -Peter

    PS: Remember, there's no "I don't get it." moderation option.

    1. Re:Queue by Siridar · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm guessing that the +funny mods are the slashdot equivalent of the kid in your class who would go "hahahaha...wait, I don't get it..."

      In my case, I _was_ that kid.

  2. Re:Agent Smith by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank you for the link to this "Matrix" movie! I had not heard of it.

  3. Re:Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    They were originally 5 separate links, but since the post, Google has bought two of the other sites...

    CF

  4. Obligatory by SoundGuyNoise · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Error: Hey you, get off of my cloud!"

    --
    You never expect irony, do you?
    Want to be a professional wrestler? Visit www.iyfwrestling.com
    @iyfwrestling
  5. Re:10 years ago... by aproposofwhat · · Score: 2, Funny

    What is this 'run' of which you speak?

    --
    One swallow does not a fellatrix make