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Lightning Strike KOs Amazon, Microsoft EuroClouds

Posted by timothy on from the this-basket-of-eggs-is-highly-conductive dept.

1sockchuck writes "A lightning strike has caused power outages at the major cloud computing data hubs for Amazon and Microsoft in Dublin, Ireland. The incident has caused downtime for many sites using Amazon's EC2 cloud computing platform and Microsoft's BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite)."

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  1. So Cloud v Cloud.... by artor3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...nature wins?

    1. Re:So Cloud v Cloud.... by Torinir · · Score: 3, Funny

      Flawless Victory!

    2. Re:So Cloud v Cloud.... by Trilkin · · Score: 3, Funny

      There is bad fanfiction depicting this event. Lots of it.

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  2. Just imitiating Verizon. by DWMorse · · Score: 5, Funny

    I see how it is. Verizon workers go on strike, MSFT and Amazon gotta call in for something strike-related that's bigger and flashier. Show-offs.

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  3. The Cloud by keithpreston · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sounds about like
    http://xkcd.com/908/

  4. Microsoft renamed its product by countertrolling · · Score: 5, Funny

    Office 364

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  5. Microsoft's BPOS by markbark · · Score: 3, Funny

    Business Productivity Online Suite?
    I always thought it stood for "Big Piece of Sh..... never mind