Comments on: News Flash: The Cloud Will Go Down http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/13/news-flash-the-cloud-will-go-down/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:10:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: www.musicforlondon.co.uk http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/13/news-flash-the-cloud-will-go-down/comment-page-1/#comment-780630 www.musicforlondon.co.uk Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:03:14 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2822#comment-780630 I am on my email 18 hours a day. My G mail has not gone down since I paid for extra storage about one year ago. Titus I am on my email 18 hours a day. My G mail has not gone down since I paid for extra storage about one year ago.
Titus

]]> By: brian http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/13/news-flash-the-cloud-will-go-down/comment-page-1/#comment-780021 brian Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:37:46 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2822#comment-780021 why hasn't gmail added Gears for desktop syncing, or have they and noone uses it? why hasn’t gmail added Gears for desktop syncing, or have they and noone uses it?

]]> By: keith5885 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/13/news-flash-the-cloud-will-go-down/comment-page-1/#comment-779609 keith5885 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:53:21 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2822#comment-779609 Ahhh facebook is down everyone! I cant get on! Ahhhh... ok now I have to go outside and call people. What a bummer. Ahhh facebook is down everyone! I cant get on! Ahhhh… ok now I have to go outside and call people. What a bummer.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/13/news-flash-the-cloud-will-go-down/comment-page-1/#comment-778942 Anonymous Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:50:50 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2822#comment-778942 <strong>Not true.</strong> Some systems don't fail. I work with a company called Ultracart out of Merced, California. Their system never fails. I'm talking, we're on something that is running on their system every minute of the day every day. When they're push a build the system runs slow for about 1-2 minutes of the day. It's run on a cluster, and everything is so backed up with contingency plans in place to the point where you could set the place on fire and it'd still be running. Not true. Some systems don’t fail. I work with a company called Ultracart out of Merced, California. Their system never fails. I’m talking, we’re on something that is running on their system every minute of the day every day. When they’re push a build the system runs slow for about 1-2 minutes of the day. It’s run on a cluster, and everything is so backed up with contingency plans in place to the point where you could set the place on fire and it’d still be running.

]]> By: Czaries http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/13/news-flash-the-cloud-will-go-down/comment-page-1/#comment-778881 Czaries Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:45:15 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2822#comment-778881 I always have a good chuckle whenever I see almost <strong>every</strong> major blog reporting a <em>relatively short</em> outage period in any major service. They all ball and whine about it like their life is over and the company just totally dropped the ball somewhere. You're absolutely right - sometimes systems just fail. It's a fact of life - get over it. The real kicker for me is that these people complain and lament about 30 minutes of downtime for a service they use <strong>FOR FREE</strong>. Get real people - <em>Google doesn't own you 100% uptime for the use of a product you're not even paying for</em>. I always have a good chuckle whenever I see almost every major blog reporting a relatively short outage period in any major service. They all ball and whine about it like their life is over and the company just totally dropped the ball somewhere. You’re absolutely right – sometimes systems just fail. It’s a fact of life – get over it.

The real kicker for me is that these people complain and lament about 30 minutes of downtime for a service they use FOR FREE. Get real people – Google doesn’t own you 100% uptime for the use of a product you’re not even paying for.

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