Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?
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Re: Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?
#2Yes :)
But really depends. I saw somewhere NPR lost 70 years of content doe to a Cloud bill not being paid on time or something ? I forgot the details.
I am sure there will be more of this since companies are depending on the Cloud for their data storage. Now with AI, who knows what will happen. I expect Cloud Admin people will eventually be replaced by some AI type system.
Companies really should backup all data and send off-site. But that will never happen because god-forbid, they will need to hire a real person.
Re: Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?
#3Cloud is nice if it works. Web hosting is nice if you pay for it.
In history timeline, future archaeologists will probably see almost nothing, some books… as we are used to past centuries. But clouds, servers… gone.
BTW don’t use SSD for archiving.
Re: Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?
#4Yes :) But really depends. I saw somewhere NPR lost 70 years of content doe to a Cloud bill not being paid on time or something ? I forgot the details. I am sure there will be more of this since companies are depending on the Cloud for their data storage. Now with AI, who knows what will happen. I expect Cloud Admin people will eventually be replaced by some AI type system. Companies really should backup all data and…
Nine PBS (PBS member station) lost 50tb/70 years of archives due to cloud provider ending operations abruptly
Re: Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?
#5Yep, this is the sort of thing happens when you've deeply internalized that trustworthiness and continuity is not important. Microsoft today is not a serious company, it is not run by serious people, and it is at the forefront of a deeply unserious industry.
Re: Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?
#6Yep, this is the sort of thing happens when you've deeply internalized that trustworthiness and continuity is not important. Microsoft today is not a serious company, it is not run by serious people, and it is at the forefront of a deeply unserious industry.
As long as the legal department is very serious, that might work rather well.
Re: Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?
#7Yes :) But really depends. I saw somewhere NPR lost 70 years of content doe to a Cloud bill not being paid on time or something ? I forgot the details. I am sure there will be more of this since companies are depending on the Cloud for their data storage. Now with AI, who knows what will happen. I expect Cloud Admin people will eventually be replaced by some AI type system. Companies really should backup all data and…
Nine PBS (PBS member station) lost 50tb/70 years of archives due to cloud provider ending operations abruptly
False: they did not lose the data; they temporarily lost access to it, because of Iron Mountain's security policies. They are, necessarily, pursuing remedies in court. They can and will regain access.
Re: Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?
#8Yes :) But really depends. I saw somewhere NPR lost 70 years of content doe to a Cloud bill not being paid on time or something ? I forgot the details. I am sure there will be more of this since companies are depending on the Cloud for their data storage. Now with AI, who knows what will happen. I expect Cloud Admin people will eventually be replaced by some AI type system. Companies really should backup all data and…
Nine PBS (PBS member station) lost 50tb/70 years of archives due to cloud provider ending operations abruptly
For more info:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285418 - "Nine PBS sues Iron Mountain over blocked access to archival data" - 229 comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49333344 - "Judge sets framework for Nine PBS to retrieve archival data" - 75 comments
Re: Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nine PBS (PBS member station) lost 50tb/70 years of archives due to cloud provider ending operations abruptly
False: they did not lose the data; they temporarily lost access to it, because of Iron Mountain's security policies. They are, necessarily, pursuing remedies in court. They can and will regain access.
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Re: Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?
#10People are better off using LibreOffice on a Linux desktop