[aklug] Re: GMAIL

Was that outages on Google's end, or network issues on the route between
you and them that kept you from reaching Google?

I have been using gmail as my mail server for my business mail
exclusively for at least 2 years. I can remember about 1 time I was not
able to get to my email that I think the problem was with Google.

I haven't used the "Apps" stuff enough where I can speak to it's
accessibility. I haven't had any issues with it, but I haven't made use
of it on a daily basis like I do my email.

There have been other times I have not been able to get my mail due to
"network issues", but these were network issues with the physical
routing(?) between myself and Google. The biggest one being several
occasions where my entire building was disconnected. These were all
times I could not access anything on the Internet. I don't think I can
blame Google for this.

-- 
Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com>
> I was not meaning to bash it. Rather I have had gmail and Google Docs fail
> to open due to outages or errors. I am thinking if Google can not even make
> its own cloud reliable I would be nervous trusting my business to them. It
> could cost tens of thousands an hour in lost productivity if you have
> several hundred employees who can not get work done. I assume that the
> servers with the documents would be on the cloud at Google, but if I had my
> own server running their software I would feel more comfortable as I can get
> a systems engineer to fix and look after the servers. If you use Google Docs
> for homework assignments like U of A then that is fine. I wonder how
> reliable is SalesForce.com as they are going after the same market by
> eliminating all I.T. and having businesses rent their apps over the cloud.
> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 6:40 PM, William Attwood <wattwood@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Tim--
> >
> >    It is quite a statement to say Google Apps is only to be used in
> > fake-world environments.   Can you outline why you feel Google Apps is not
> > reliable for production use?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -William
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Tim Gibney <timgibney76@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I am a fan of the concept but I feel Google's apps are too unreliable for
> >> real world use. I guess windows 3.11 was too though
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Piet van Weel <pmvw@outwardfocus.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >  Hey guys...
> >> >
> >> > I've been evaluating Google Apps lately, since *everyone* is using it.
> >> ;)
> >> > If others are using. I'ld be interested in talking with you about it.
> >> >
> >> > Piet van Weel
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> > --
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> > William Attwood
> > Idea Extraordinaire
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> >
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