Comments on: Wanted: Google Groups http://www.jorgebernal.info/wtf/wanted-google-groups Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:43:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Fredo http://www.jorgebernal.info/wtf/wanted-google-groups/comment-page-1#comment-1029 Fredo Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:53:26 +0000 http://koke.amedias.org/articles/2007/07/18/wanted-google-groups/#comment-1029 Hey, this is great! It shows - very drastically - the problem of vendor lock-in and the advantages of distributed infrastructure. Google provides a lot of services, but they make you dependent on this single firm. So maybe this is a good time to switch back to good old usenet for discussions? Or mailing lists? Where the unavailability of one server doesn't stop the whole communication process? ;-) Hey, this is great! It shows – very drastically – the problem of vendor lock-in and the advantages of distributed infrastructure. Google provides a lot of services, but they make you dependent on this single firm.

So maybe this is a good time to switch back to good old usenet for discussions? Or mailing lists? Where the unavailability of one server doesn’t stop the whole communication process? ;-)

]]> By: Yann http://www.jorgebernal.info/wtf/wanted-google-groups/comment-page-1#comment-1028 Yann Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:39:04 +0000 http://koke.amedias.org/articles/2007/07/18/wanted-google-groups/#comment-1028 I am also having a lot of problems with google over the last couple of weeks; 404 errors on spreadsheets when clicking on my file (!), 500 errors on spredsheets sometimes, spreadsheet being globally slow to use, troubles with gmail being slow, or unable to login at all, ... I am also having a lot of problems with google over the last couple of weeks; 404 errors on spreadsheets when clicking on my file (!), 500 errors on spredsheets sometimes, spreadsheet being globally slow to use, troubles with gmail being slow, or unable to login at all, …

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