Comments on: Google adding Java support to App Engine

The search giant's App Engine is getting an 'early preview' of Java language support, a move that could significantly broaden Google's cloud computing service.

[atish505]

Java and J2EE support is crucial for theis App Engine to take off. Businesses use Java/J2EE for their core IT applications and many ERP including Oracle and SAP also use J2EE App servers for their web based offerings.

PHP may be a good thing on Google and web sites but it i snot part of core IT applications.

[dragonbite]

Can they support Mono too?

[Ilgaz]

Why? Does Google need MS money like your Icaza does? Add MS patents to your state of art Cloud service eh?

[dragonbite]

As opposed to tapping into the huge market of .NET developers and aiding the ability to move off of Microsoft servers (which makes Microsoft money) for Google?

[georgewsu]

I tried it out and it was smooth sailing deploying Hello World. Screenshots of the eclipse plugin are on my blog:
http://blog.techrantandrave.com/2009/04/google-eclipse-plugin-for-java.html