Ask HN: Is it wise to switch to Google Compute Engine, from Amazon?

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I've been reading up on Google Compute Engine. Lately, I'm into high-performance numerical computing, and I use AWS for much of my work. But looking at the kind of instances and pricing that GCE provides - is it a good idea to make a switch?

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Looks to me that Amazon are serious about the cloud and their hosting/database products. Amazon are good at making a business out of affordable margins.

Google are keen to engage with early adopters and see where that engagement takes them but show little sign of committing to being a long term service provider of this sort.

You've got a point there. The other thing that just occurred to me - what if they pull the plug, a few years from now? After all, that's what's happening with Google Reader.

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