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Re: Google Cloud Shell

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Post by acdha »

plonh wrote: post #35
rexignis wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On that list that I've used: Buzz, Pack, Desktop, Reader, iGoogle. To Be Discontinued: Google Drive Hosting, Google Code. I don't think it's tired and overplayed. It's a consequence of how Google works; try lots of things and don't be afraid to pull the plug. That strategy is great, and it works. It's just sometimes the services that are on the edge of being worth Google's time to maintain cause the most backlash bec…

What to all those free consumer services that you don't pay for and and aren't connected to things you pay for have in common?

Google refused to allow you to pay for them? Each of those services could trivally have had some combination of ads and paid services but Google's management made strategic decisions to put resources elsewhere.

Only using paid services up front might seem to help but one look at the way Google Apps has been in maintenance mode for years suggests that even that offers only limited protection.

Re: Google Cloud Shell

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Post by markvdb »

hbogert wrote: post #20
markvdb wrote: post #12

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I normally am quite reserved about language use, but comparing google to OVH? Seriously? OVH is a dysfunctional company that somehow turns a profit. We almost lost our company's domain name twice due to their incompetence.

Why is OVH dysfunctional? My dedicated server is running splendid for 2y now.

For non-critical things, they provide relatively good value for money. For critical things, I wouldn't touch them with a ten foot pole.

Re: Google Cloud Shell

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Post by babo »

Wonnk13 wrote: post #32

Coming from an AWS shop, I guess I don't understand the use case(s) for this. What this enable me to do that I couldn't accomplish by ssh'ing to any of the boxes in my environment?

You can reach your full cloud infrastructure from any browser, all you need to remember is your google password. No need for a terminal or ssh, a regular windows, os x, linux, chromebook or tablet will do. Quite handy.

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Post by vidarh »

KirinDave wrote: post #51
hbogert wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is OVH dysfunctional? My dedicated server is running splendid for 2y now.

Their customer service is notoriously... "hit or miss."

Sounds like Google.

(Used OVH for several years, but my server with them has an uptime of 1034 days as of today, so customer service might very well be useless - I've never had a reason to talk to them)

Re: Google Cloud Shell

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Post by codywbratt »

fitzwatermellow wrote: post #56
trident523 wrote: post #21

So, what if you don't have that button? Is there a minimum amount of product you need to have before this service becomes active?

No button for my domain account as well. Have billing enabled. And when I attempt to send feedback on this issue, I get a "submission failed" error! Have used micro instances in the past as remote development and deployment environments and a micro instance and it works ok. Wondering if something in between micro (0.7G) and standard (3.5G) might be better considering devenv can get pretty beefed up using certain mode…

Hi! We're in the process of rolling this out to all accounts over the next week or so. Stay tuned!

Cody Bratt, Google Developers Console Product Manager

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Post by chipperyman573 »

kaa2102 wrote: post #57

My company is launching a new web design and development service using Google Cloud services. Initially, this was an experiment because we received some Google Cloud hosting credits. We run LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP) stacks on virtual machine instances on servers worldwide of our choosing. After Google I/O, some webinars and testing I learned about how quickly new websites and apps could be deployed, Google DNS fo…

Does AWS not offer customer service for billing issues?

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Post by codywbratt »

trident523 wrote: post #21

So, what if you don't have that button? Is there a minimum amount of product you need to have before this service becomes active?

No minimum, just in the process of slowly rolling this out over the next week or so. Stay tuned!

Cody Bratt, Google Cloud Console Product Manager

Re: Google Cloud Shell

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Post by Dylan16807 »

kuschku wrote: post #46
CydeWeys wrote: post #13

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I understand worrying about burn rate and all that, but when the entire service costs the same as a single cup of coffee per month, it might just not matter. How well it works, what features it provides, and how well it interfaces with the rest of the cloud services you're using are much, much more important concerns than saving a buck a month.

Well, not always. As a student, you don’t want to spend 4$ for a cloud console, plus 4$ for cloud IRC, plus 20$ for a VPS, plus 12$ for your phone contract, plus 120$ for a new phone every 2 years... I – like most people – don’t let useless devices run on standby either, costing me upwards of 30$ a year for a TV on standby. As a student, I don’t buy totally overpriced coffee that costs that much either.

Your TV uses 25 watts on standby?

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Post by miles932 »

kaa2102 wrote: post #57

My company is launching a new web design and development service using Google Cloud services. Initially, this was an experiment because we received some Google Cloud hosting credits. We run LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP) stacks on virtual machine instances on servers worldwide of our choosing. After Google I/O, some webinars and testing I learned about how quickly new websites and apps could be deployed, Google DNS fo…

disclaimer: I work at GCP

That is rad! Anything we can do to help? Link to the company?

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