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I would be interested to know how this is a 49 point worth submission
by Aegean 16y ago
I would be interested to know how this is a 49 point worth submission
- caseyalbert 16y agoI'll guess that it's because many HN readers (including myself) heavily rely on Dropbox, pretty much every day of the calendar year.
- jcdreads 16y agoAlso, DropBox is a YC-funded startup.
- qq66 16y agoIt highlights the dangers of the cloud as people move more and more "mission-critical" applications to the Web.
- derefr 16y agoCalling a service going down a "danger of the cloud" is sensationalist, like calling any pervert who has ever touched a keyboard an "Internet predator." The adjective 'Internet' in that case, or 'cloud' in this one, does not usefully divide the problem space. Your service will have the same amount of unpredictable black-swan downtime whether it is local or remote. The difference is, when the only person you have to blame is yourself (or someone you empathize with), you mentally downplay the downtime—whereas, when you can point a finger and create a mental "us/them" division, you exaggerate it.