Cloud Foundry adds PHP, Python; AppFog now a user(gigaom.com)
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Cloud Foundry adds PHP, Python; AppFog now a user
http://gigaom.com/cloud/cloud-foundry-adds-php-python-appfog-now-a-user/
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I don't get it, but also never used VM's for anything. Can you not launch a Linux or Windows instance as VM in VMWare? These platforms have multi language support. So what exactly is the story about AppFog? (Really don't understand the situation)
Cloud Foundry is more like Heroku than Amazon's EC2.
Sure, I can go onto EC2, fire up a new instance of Ubuntu, install Ruby on Rails, web servers, proxy servers, database servers, etc and manually manage everything myself, but that's a lot of work and a bunch of people have already solved that problem. The solutions are implemented in a way that hides all the complex "web-scale" details underneath so you as the developer only needs to focus on your code.
Cloud Foundry is an open source version of that solution. AppFog ditched their proprietary solution and decided to use Cloud Foundry's codebase instead.
Sure, I can go onto EC2, fire up a new instance of Ubuntu, install Ruby on Rails, web servers, proxy servers, database servers, etc and manually manage everything myself, but that's a lot of work and a bunch of people have already solved that problem. The solutions are implemented in a way that hides all the complex "web-scale" details underneath so you as the developer only needs to focus on your code.
Cloud Foundry is an open source version of that solution. AppFog ditched their proprietary solution and decided to use Cloud Foundry's codebase instead.
Congrats to Lucas on a bold move to shake up the PaaS start-up space.
Thank you James, AppFog is thrilled to be working with VMware, building yet-another-proprietary-system is like swimming upstream with your hands tied. Supporting the Open Source community by embracing it is the best way to build a PaaS these days.
Anyhow, after understanding how Cloud Foundry works, it was a no-brainer, the code is so good!
Anyhow, after understanding how Cloud Foundry works, it was a no-brainer, the code is so good!
I'm not sure why they are announcing CloudFoundry and all its news when it's in limited beta. I tried to get an account, but no luck.
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