Re: [News] [Rival] Microsoft 'Cloud' Down for an ENTIRE DAY

["Phil Da Lick!" <phil_the_lick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

SomeBloke wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:36:25 +0000, Phil Da Lick! wrote:
>
> > Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> > > Azure joins the “crash club”: down for 22 hours
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> > > | Microsoft’s fledgling Azure Services platform, a beta offering that
> > > offers | cloud computing services, suffered a 22 hour outage this
> > > weekend. `----
> > >
> > > http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2009/03/16/azure-joins-the-crash-
> club-down-for-22-hours.aspx
> > >
> > Precisely why the cloud isn't going to be as big as expected. The
> > desktop PC is going nowhere.
> I agree, the cloud is just vapour! (sorry).
And its not just the remote service that can go tits up either. You 
could have all manner of connection problems. Maybe good enough for John 
Q. who's just putting things like photos and blogs and stuff but for a 
busy company? Forget it.