Comments on: Gmail troubles? Calm down, have some dip. http://stevejamesson.com/2009/02/25/gmail-troubles-calm-down-have-some-dip/ Blog on web development Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:03:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Jamesson http://stevejamesson.com/2009/02/25/gmail-troubles-calm-down-have-some-dip/#comment-233 Jim Jamesson Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:44:10 +0000 http://stevejamesson.com/?p=597#comment-233 <p>Amen. People need to understand that the internet as a whole cannot ALWAYS be online. Equipment can break, and people can make mistakes. Networks can go down, routers can go bad.</p> <p>No company can possibly keep everything running ALL the time, it's impossible.</p> <p>Gmail is free.</p> <p>Rackspace however, is not. The self-proclaimed 'best' hosting company who have probably spent the most dollars on their facilities won't always be running as well. Hell, remember last year when a car smashed into a phone pole down the road, and we lost our server for a few days? Remember all those kind clients who chewed us out?</p> <p>A car wreck in Texas, and we take the heat.</p> <p>Remind me again why we will never, ever host websites again?</p> Amen. People need to understand that the internet as a whole cannot ALWAYS be online. Equipment can break, and people can make mistakes. Networks can go down, routers can go bad.

No company can possibly keep everything running ALL the time, it’s impossible.

Gmail is free.

Rackspace however, is not. The self-proclaimed ‘best’ hosting company who have probably spent the most dollars on their facilities won’t always be running as well. Hell, remember last year when a car smashed into a phone pole down the road, and we lost our server for a few days? Remember all those kind clients who chewed us out?

A car wreck in Texas, and we take the heat.

Remind me again why we will never, ever host websites again?

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