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This is why it's a bad idea to build on hosted web services. They pull out your platform from under your feet, and what are you left with? An apology?

Everyone running on Google App and all the other Rails services will have the same thing happen to them at some point. Stick with stuff you can migrate.

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I agree with your last point: "stick with stuff you can migrate". But moving away from Google App Engine doesn't have to be a pain (depending on how much of the storage options you are using) and in the case of AppJet it's simply a matter of setting up "AppJet in a Jar": http://appjet.com/download.

In this case you're left with a lot more than an apology. You're left with all you need to just host it yourself.

On a JSP server with a complex framework that is no longer being actively developed. To me that's the same thing as being abandoned.

It's like this: A guy tells you he will ferry you to England for free. Half way there, he says - hmm, actually, I've changed my mind. I'll take the engine, but here are two paddles - see ya!

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