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Ma.gnolia User Data Is Gone For Good
miller60 writes "The social bookmarking service Ma.gnolia reports that all its user data was irretrievably lost in the Jan. 30 database crash that knocked the service offline. Ma.gnolia founder Larry Halff recently discussed the crash and the lessons to be learned from Ma.gnolia's experience. A lesson for users: don't assume online services have lots of staff and servers, and always keep backup copies of your data. Ma.gnolia was a one-man operation running on two Mac OS X servers and four Mac minis."
Idiot. Yeah he's a "MacFag" and owns a ZUNE. Did you even think before you hit submit? Of course you didn't...
Seriously. No backup? At all?
Of course, it's not like it matters. I've never heard of ma.gnolia, and I doubt very many other people have. This dumbass gets what he deserves.
Because you get what you pay for hardware-wise? Next-day and on-site service are very well, but I'd rather actually have a machine that doesn't need replacing every day.
Wow and I was using this, because Jeffrey Zeldman told me to. Time to switch to Delicious and never use anything this company ever makes again. Fail.
...Seriously, do people still not realise that OS X is just UNIX with a pretty UI?
Ah, ask the average 17-year old girl going off to college that just HAD to have a Macbook (with a pink cover no less) what the operating system is based on. What percentage of Macbook owners would be able to answer that accurately regardless of gender?
Apple is 1% hardware and 99% Marketing. Not too much they do can't be done on a Dell or HP. They just make it appear to do it better/slicker/faster, that's all.