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Feb 24 2009   1:54PM GMT

Lessons of the great Gfail saga



Posted by: Barbara Darrow
Google, Email -- Exchange, Outlook, Gmail, Zimbra, IT Channel, IT channel products and technologies, Domin

It’s been just a few hours, but it’s safe to say that the February 24 Gmail outage will go down in history as the day that proves that people get what they pay for.

Kneejerk reaction was that Microsoft, home of the great paid email Exchange colossus, will make hay about Gfail. But then again, Microsoft freebie Hotmail and its Exchange/Outlook duo have weathered their fair share of complaints. In fact, the most laughable tweet this morning was “Gee, Hotmail never goes down.” Oh, really??? You, my dear, have a short memory.

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