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____/ Homer on Wednesday 29 Jun 2011 08:13 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>
>> 365 reasons to consider Google Apps
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>>| Office 365 is for individuals. Apps is for teams.
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>>| [...]
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>>| Office 365 is about the desktop. Apps is about the web.
>> `----
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>> http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/06/365-reasons-to-consider-google-apps.html
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>> Better than Microsoft's Office 360!
>
> I see no reference to the specific figure of 99.9949% in that article.
>
> The only reference I can find anywhere is this:
>
> http://mrpogson.com/2011/06/28/99-9949-uptime-for-google-apps-in-2011/
>
> But that also doesn't specify exactly where the 99.9949% figure comes
> from, pointing only to this:
>
> http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/01/destination-dial-tone-getting-google.html
>
> But again, that also doesn't specify the 99.9949% figure.
>
> It does however suggest that GMail had an uptime of 99.984% in 2010.
>
> So what's the actual source of this 99.9949% figure?
>
> Ah OK, I've just found it:
>
> [quote]
> In 2010, Google says, its services were up 99.984 per cent of the time.
> And through first several months of 2011, they're at 99.9949 per cent.
> That translates to about five minutes of downtime per month.
> [/quote]
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/28/google_takes_aim_at_microsoft_office_365/
AZune (Azure) was at times down for entire days.
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