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Re: Google Calendar is down

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post #37

One of the reasons I use FastMail ( https://fastmail.com ) for email and calendar rather than Google is that when outages happen, the explain what is going on ( http://www.fastmailstatus.com ). Outages are inevitable, so having (a) information and (b) the ability to contact a human are valuable features IMO.

It seems to be down now? http://www.fastmailstatus.com/

So, Google fails so rarely that you just sold me on the idea of not changing! :)

Re: Google Calendar is down

#64
post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

CHANGELOG * V2.0.5 - Dishwasher is now only compatible with Cleanly.io brand detergent * V4.1.2 - Dishwasher now only accepts Cleanly.io branded and DRM'd plates and silverware. * V5.6.2 - Cleanly.io plates and silverware are now single-use only * V6.0.4 - Dishwasher now only works with Cleanly.io Pure Life water. Please contact your local water supplier for pricing and contracting.

Not far away from printers, which may refuse to print on an unauthorized cartridge.

also Keurig machines

Re: Google Calendar is down

#66
I wonder:

What is the average downtime of Google Mail / calendar vs the average large corporation's exchange server?

Another thought- when Google calendar / mail goes down - it's likely business users blame Google - not the IT group. When a self-hosted exchange server goes down, IT is probably blamed. Leaving an incentive to move toward cloud providers just to shift the blame.

Re: Google Calendar is down

#67
Google calendar went down after my robot went to sleep. Even though WiFi (and Google Fibre) is working fine, due to the calendar outage the robot can't receive instructions to get up and continue with work.

Who is going to compensate? Google?

Re: Google Calendar is down

#68

My smart dishwasher is throwing an IOException!

CHANGELOG * V2.0.5 - Dishwasher is now only compatible with Cleanly.io brand detergent * V4.1.2 - Dishwasher now only accepts Cleanly.io branded and DRM'd plates and silverware. * V5.6.2 - Cleanly.io plates and silverware are now single-use only * V6.0.4 - Dishwasher now only works with Cleanly.io Pure Life water. Please contact your local water supplier for pricing and contracting.

* V8.0.1 - Dishwasher can now program itself based on events in Google Calendar.

Re: Google Calendar is down

#69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't forget that Cleanly.io is shutting down, so now your dishwasher won't run at all anymore.

Also don't forget the fresh water pipes in your home are owned by Cleanly.io and leased to you, meaning you can no longer receive water until some other company acquires the remnants of Cleanly.io during their decade long bankruptcy proceedings. The sad thing this, that is not even really satire - ISPs own the fiber in office and multi-resident buildings all the time, and their use is only available to others by leas…

Silicon Valley, where people compare the necessity of Internet to that of water.

Re: Google Calendar is down

#70
From http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/terms/sla.html

  "Monthly Uptime Percentage" means total number of minutes in a calendar month minus the number of minutes of Downtime suffered in a calendar month, divided by the total number of minutes in a calendar month.
Looks like they forgot to multiply it by 100 (at least in the definition).
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