I also was on the waiting list, but they issued 20000 new accounts and i got mine. I have yet to upload, but i've played with it using the SDK and its mighty cool.
I enjoy the Python language itself, and it's a welcome break from daily ASP.NET code wars... :)
Sidenote - Anyone test driven Google AppEngine? I just built a sample app with it and the ease of use is great. It reminded me of EC2, with a less complicated API.
"the browser is the new operating system, believe it or not…"...true, Vinny. The sooner MS gets the picture as to where the future of services lies, the better for them (and users, of course).
I'm sure that improvements in hardware efficiency and pricing will allow services such as Amazon's EC2 to be scaled at cheap rates. Then MS and other tech titans will realize how formidable the web is as a platform.
I must agree with Vinny as well - as a web developer, i spend most of my time working on web-based user interfaces, and browser technology is central to such work. Most web development/ scripting languages and nowadays will run without modification on any OS. Besides, deployment hassles are all but eliminated by providing services to billions of web-enabled clients from a central, managed location (the host/s). More economical, easier to manage updates etc. The web is the future.