Comments on: Does 'platform as a service' mean developer lock-in?

The first release of Google App Engine has developers concerned about getting their applications out of Google's 'cloud' and into another.

[lmasanti]

Why do people ask others?

quote:
"O'Grady at RedMonk, too, argued that Google should open-
source portions of its infrastructure or offer an API (application
programming interface) to its data store that would ease
portability to other databases."

I will argue that "O'Grady at RedMonk" give all his money to the
rich, all his blood to the transfusion center and all his organs to
the transplant list...

Why we ask others to "open" theirs products?
I'm a developer: I do analyses in which place it put my bets, app
designed, language used, place to host, etc., etc....
If I evaluate that "it is risky to my data to be on Google's hands"
I do not put it in theirs hands!
I thinkt that people are asking others to "open" so they make no
decisions.

[glamourati]

The next big thing will be "Open Platform as a Service" (OPaaS)

Platform as a Service (PaaS) is here to stay, but to truly be a "real" tool for developers and companies to want to invest their time and money into it, it needs to be open, letting the developers and designers use whatever languages, tools, servers, etc. they want. This "Open Platform as a Service", (e.g., ModBox ModBox) will be the next big thing in the PaaS and SaaS world.

[chrysaleides]

All About Choices

Even Google isn't immune to getting the "I want it all for me" philosophy so wha could be better than laying all the cards on the table and declaring lock-in features. It will be exposed sooner or later anyway.

Best.
alain
morpheXchange.com