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Google is hoping to entice a few developers over to Google App Engine (GAE) by providing a ticket tracker that runs on GAE for developers to study and test out.

Called Au-to-do, it's written in Python and uses Google Cloud Storage, the Prediction API, Tasks API and OAuth 2.

Google is turning up the heat with its cloud services for the enterprise. Today the company bundled up several announcements ranging from the Cloud SQL service in limited preview to promoting Cloud Storage out of Google Labs. App Engine developers are also getting a premier support option with a 99.95 Service Level Agreement (SLA).

Google did not make developers happy with its pricing changes to Google App Engine GAE. Google announced the pricing changes in May, but it only implemented a side-by-side comparison with the old pricing at the beginning of September. After a fair amount of backlash, Google is backing off. Sort of.

If you're looking for pay for what you use, Todd Hoff says the dream is dead, but GAE will survive.

Google has a problem on its hands. The pricing change for App Engine is not winning hearts and minds with developers. The first, most visible, victim after one day is Russell Beattie's PlusFeed. There are sure to be more.

Beattie, who'd set up a service to provide feeds for Google Plus has pulled the plug. Beattie, calling the pricing "completely f****** insane", says that his costs would have jumped from $2.63 based on resources used to $68.46 for one day.

When have customers ever been happy about a price increase? Right. So it should come as little shock that there's a bit of grumbling about Google App Engine (GAE) prices going up as it leaves preview. It's not just the pricing increase, though, Google is also changing the way it calculates the bill.

To mollify customers a bit, Google is extending a one-time credit of $50 through October 31st. Given the feedback so far that may not be enough.

During the PC era, the technology stack was controlled by Microsoft Windows and Wintel - the "Wintel" era. We are now entering a new era, called variously 'Cloud' or 'SaaS' or 'Enterprise 2.0'.

In this era everything is different - the stack, the players and the potential for value creation. Let's outline the basic shape of this emerging era, in particular defining what makes up the new stack.