ian bicking is a really smart dude. i want him to live in my pocket, so that when i have a python question, I can just shout it into my pocket.

I really really hope that toppcloud takes off. I strongly empathize the itch that provoked its creation: deployment sucks, and a generalized Google App Engine would rock. Using Django to demonstrate how his project isn't just academic is a great move. Good job Ian.

Have you looked at AppScale? http://code.google.com/p/appscale/