Is this just a troll post or can't the submitter read? First that link source specifically says that Google isn't changing to 100% uptime but is keeping their recently updated 99.99% uptime. Additionally the 99.99% uptime SLA only applies to Google Apps business customers who are paying for service not consumers.
A quick search on Microsoft's Office 365's product page states: "Financially-backed, guaranteed 99.9% uptime Service Level Agreement (SLA)". The service level commitment states drops below 99.9% uptime in any given month is eligible for a service credit using the following chart:
99.9% = 25% Service Credit
99% = 50% service credit
95% = 100% service credit.
The full SLA details can be found in the online services document at: http://microsoftvolumelicensing.com/DocumentSearch.aspx?Mode=3&DocumentTypeId=37
IANAL - But the issue appears to me that Snow didn't adequatley make his website private because he allowed the public to gain access in a self-registering manner. The question becomes how would you then make it private - is that simply a screening process so after a user registers there is then an approval?
From EFF:
"The lower court had rightly dismissed the case, but for the wrong reasons. It held that the "Stored Communications Act" portion of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 did not protect websites at all, even if they were configured to be private. It reached this privacy-destroying decision because DirecTV's lawyers had failed to make the better argument: that web sites are protected by the Stored Communications Act (or "SCA"), except when they are configured to be readily accessible to the general public."
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Is this just a troll post or can't the submitter read? First that link source specifically says that Google isn't changing to 100% uptime but is keeping their recently updated 99.99% uptime. Additionally the 99.99% uptime SLA only applies to Google Apps business customers who are paying for service not consumers.
A quick search on Microsoft's Office 365's product page states: "Financially-backed, guaranteed 99.9% uptime Service Level Agreement (SLA)". The service level commitment states drops below 99.9% uptime in any given month is eligible for a service credit using the following chart:
99.9% = 25% Service Credit
99% = 50% service credit
95% = 100% service credit.
The full SLA details can be found in the online services document at: http://microsoftvolumelicensing.com/DocumentSearch.aspx?Mode=3&DocumentTypeId=37
EFF actually stepped into this case to help DirecTV with this suit.
http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/Snow_v_DirecTV/
IANAL - But the issue appears to me that Snow didn't adequatley make his website private because he allowed the public to gain access in a self-registering manner. The question becomes how would you then make it private - is that simply a screening process so after a user registers there is then an approval?
From EFF:
"The lower court had rightly dismissed the case, but for the wrong reasons. It held that the "Stored Communications Act" portion of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 did not protect websites at all, even if they were configured to be private. It reached this privacy-destroying decision because DirecTV's lawyers had failed to make the better argument: that web sites are protected by the Stored Communications Act (or "SCA"), except when they are configured to be readily accessible to the general public."