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Extended Gmail Outage Frustrates Admins
CWmike writes "A prolonged, ongoing Gmail outage has some Google Apps administrators pulling their hair out as their end users, including high-ranking executives, complain loudly while they wait for service to be restored. At about 5 p.m. US Eastern on Wednesday, Google announced that the company was aware of the problem preventing Gmail users from logging into their accounts and that it expected to fix it by 9 p.m. on Thursday. Google offered no explanation of the problem or why it would take it so long to solve the problem, a '502' error when trying to access Gmail. Google said the bug is affecting 'a small number of users,' but that is little comfort for Google Apps administrators. Admin Bill W. posted a desperate message on the forum Thursday morning, saying his company's CEO is steaming about being locked out of his e-mail account since around 4 p.m. on Wednesday. It's not the first Gmail outage. So, will this one prompt calls for a service-level agreement for paying customers? And a more immediate question: Why no Gears for offline Gmail access at very least, Google?"
Is that the sound of cloud computing advocates crying, or the sound of Richard Stallman laughing?
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Remember folks, it's still in beta!
One of our competitors trademarked the term "hypothesis". From now on, we will call them "boneheaded ideas".
Who puts important mailboxes on a beta service? Sheesh.
See that "Preview" button?
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I'm aging rapidly, I bought a new game and had no idea if my machine was good for it.
Something tells me that an email system that only depends on your hard drive with no net connection wouldn't be very useful.
FWIW I don't seem to be having any problems getting gmail through my gmail-lite install.
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You are statically safer flying an airplane then driving
That's true, I always get shocked while riding in cars. Can't remember a time in a plane, though. Must be that the plane is off the "ground".
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My status as a Google shareholder is in beta too.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
It's a risk you take any time you let someone else handle something for you.
It's a risk you take, period. You're trying to tell me that you can guarantee no unplanned downtime if you were to handle it yourself?
I want 24 hours notice prior to any unscheduled downtime! And don't give me any of that technical mumbo jumbo, I have a SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT!
What's a chlorine drive?
I agree. All the downtime we have on our Exchange server is administrative.
That sinking feeling deep in your gut when you KNOW you screwed up bad summed up with: {head desk} {head desk}
Spanish for "Deep Shit"
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For choosing GMAIL
Isn't that a chlorIDE drive?
In poignant irony, the banner ad I see above the story is a google ad that reads:
"So why not switch to Google Apps?
We maintain our hosted software 24/7 so you can sleep at night."
I've not had any problems with my password, "invalidpassword".
FFS PEOPLE!!! IT'S FUCKING "THAN"!!!
"IT'S SAFER THAN DRIVING"
Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
BECAUSE I AM FUCKING YELLING!
Employee: Hi, Help desk?
Help Desk: Yea, how can I help you?
Employee: I can't get my e-mail.
Help Desk: Hmm... I see. Yea, there's an issue. Hold on while I call the help desk.
Employee: Sure, no pro...wait, what?
Icarus, is that you falling?
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How? You'd be dead, or probably in a burn unit, or something...
How are sites slashdotted when nobody reads TFAs?
They just want to look at the pictures.
Thief! You stole my password!