Google Gaffe: Gmail Outage Shows Pitfalls of Online Services

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Jonathan B Spira" <jspira () basex com>
Date: February 26, 2009 3:51:52 PM EST
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Google Gaffe: Gmail Outage Shows Pitfalls of Online Services


Dave

I didn't realize the number of Gmail users was so large until the  
outage.

"Google’s Gmail system was down for 2.5 hours earlier this week, the  
sixth such outage in the past eight months.  It isn’t unusual that an  
e-mail system crashes, but most such occurrences are limited to one  
organization.  When Gmail, a service Google touts to businesses as  
more reliable and easier to use than Microsoft Exchange and Lotus  
Notes/Domino, goes down, it makes headlines - as well it should. "
...

Just imagine if all of the phone lines to your office failed - not  
today but ten years ago, when the telephone was the most important  
means of communication (along with fax, I should add).  That’s what  
Gmail’s users were facing on Monday.  The silence was deafening..."

http://www.basexblog.com/2009/02/26/google-gaffe-gmail-outage-shows-pitfalls-of-online-services/

Regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Szívélyes üdvözlet/Cordialement/ 
Cordiali saluti/Saludos/Vänliga hälsningar

/s/ Jonathan
Jonathan B. Spira
CEO and Chief Analyst
Basex, Inc.
8 www.basex.com





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