What's Google's App engine really mean? It means that if you're not building your Web applications in Google's favorite code, Python, you don't get any of its free goodies. It's the kind of muscle flexing Silicon Valley is used to from the old platform owner, Microsoft. Which is why none of us should be surprised that Google has declared "Google.is/Microsoft." Sort of. As Philipp Lenssen notes ".is" is the top-level domain for Iceland and "/Microsoft" is an arbitary (but hilarious) appendage to the URL. Great setup, too bad the punchline is in Icelandic. Check out Google's full admission in screenshot, below.

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