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PaaS contender: Facebook | Google's App Engine


many individuals and some organizations do use Facebook for business purposes.

Whether App Engine will permanently challenge Facebook, though, will depend on one burning question: will developers be able to make money from their Google App Engine creations? Make no mistake about it, developers build on Facebook not only for the kudos but also because a successful widget can make them a lot of money.

  1. Facebook Platform
  2. Google App Engine enables you to build web applications on the same scalable systems that power Google applications.

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