On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:
<bleep> happens and services break. the internet is a wonderful demonstration of building a reliable network out of reliable components.
but what we have with google mail (and apps) is two scary problems
o way too many users relying on a single point of failure. so it makes the nyt when it breaks because of the number of users affected, and
o too many foolish people giving their private data to a data miner to whom they actually yeild rights to those data and who seems to store them for a scary long time.
Amazing what we will pay for free service. -M< -- Martin Hannigan martin@theicelandguy.com p: +16178216079 Power, Network, and Costs Consulting for Iceland Datacenters and Occupants