During a search for the answer to this question, "Is there a tutorial or discussion for the server side to create GAE as a web service?" I ended up on Google's App Engine website.
By now, you have a good idea as to why Google developed App Engine. To put it simply, to remove the burden of being a system administrator from the developer. Using a LAMP stack involves choosing a distribution of Linux, choosing of the kernel version, etc., configuring PHP and an Apache web server. There is also the need to run and manage a database server (MySQL or otherwise) and other aspects of a running system (monitoring, load-balancing, reporting). The list continues with managing user authentication, applying software patches and performing upgrades, each of which may break your app, bringing even more headaches for developers/sysadmins.
My take-away was exactly what I was looking for in a platform. Building-out and administering a web site takes away from my mobile App development. My purpose for a website is to act as a front-face to a cloud data storage, the value is in the App. Marketing of the App will rely upon the App Stores.
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