[np_tedious]

I think you hit the nail on the head with managed services. In 2006 Google probably wasn't thinking much further than EC2 and S3

[rifung]

But I thought Google's first offerings was App Engine? If anything I think they were overambitious

(I work for Google, opinions are my own)

[milesward]

From early convos, I'd say they saw quite a bit further than that...