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On 2012-04-04 06:40:14 +0000, dorayme said:

>> I think they were incompetent; their system went down and there was no 
>> trace of explanation for 5 days. Then it worked again. We still don't 
>> know anything about it. They don't really give a shit about 
>> google-groups. That's my conclusion. Outage shmoutage, they're all on 
>> facebook, who cares?
> 
> Maybe you are right, but I am not particularly convinced. That they
> fixed it maybe shows they care deeply, maybe they are deeply
> embarrassed, maybe all the techs there are very sensitive folk and
> find it hard to face up to such embarrassments and have gone off to
> drink themselves silly, or gone to see therapists.

That maybe would evidence a deeply unprofessional response to a 
business situtation.

> Maybe there are other theories that fit the facts as well as yours that 
> the org is
> just incompetent?

There are likely enough maybes to fill an ocean. I just gave my 
viewpoint that one group's response to one screw-up was incompetent. 
It's not really a grand unifiying theory on google.
-- 
I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who has endowed us 
with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use. 
-- Galileo

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  Re: Google Feed Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2012-03-29 11:28 -0700
    Re: Google Feed nospam@see.signature (Richard Maine) - 2012-03-29 11:52 -0700
      Re: Google Feed Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-03-29 21:19 -0400
    Re: Google Feed PhillipJones <pjones1@kimbanet.com> - 2012-03-29 16:44 -0400
      Re: Google Feed dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-03-30 08:38 +1100
        Re: Google Feed PhillipJones <pjones1@kimbanet.com> - 2012-03-29 22:03 -0400
          Re: Google Feed Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-03-30 03:48 +0000
            Re: Google Feed PhillipJones <pjones1@kimbanet.com> - 2012-03-30 09:07 -0400
              Re: Google Feed Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-03-30 20:19 +0000
                Re: Google Feed dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-03-31 09:08 +1100
                Re: Google Feed gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2012-03-30 18:08 -0700
                Re: Google Feed *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-30 22:53 -0400
                Re: Google Feed dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-03-31 14:06 +1100
      Re: Google Feed *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-30 19:19 -0500
  Re: Google Feed Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-29 20:49 +0200
    Re: Google Feed gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2012-03-29 13:59 -0700
      Re: Google Feed dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan) - 2012-03-29 23:08 +0000
      Re: Google Feed PhillipJones <pjones1@kimbanet.com> - 2012-03-29 21:55 -0400
        Re: Google Feed *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-30 19:06 -0500
          Re: Google Feed Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-31 09:17 +0200
            Re: Google Feed gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2012-03-31 21:18 -0700
              Re: Google Feed Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-01 14:46 +0200
  Re: Google Feed *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-30 20:28 -0400
  Re: Google Feed Patricia Aldoraz <patricia.aldoraz@gmail.com> - 2012-03-29 13:01 -0700
    Re: Google Feed dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-04-03 12:30 +1200
      Re: Google Feed gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2012-04-02 21:40 -0700
        Re: Google Feed dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-03 18:21 +1000
          Re: Google Feed gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2012-04-03 07:08 -0700
            Re: Google Feed dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-04 04:52 +1000
              Re: Google Feed gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2012-04-03 12:59 -0700
                Re: Google Feed dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-04 08:50 +1000
                Re: Google Feed gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2012-04-03 16:59 -0700
                Re: Google Feed dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-04 10:59 +1000
                Re: Google Feed gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2012-04-03 22:02 -0700
                Re: Google Feed dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-04 16:40 +1000
                Re: Google Feed gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2012-04-04 07:11 -0700
                Re: Google Feed dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-05 03:50 +1000
      Re: Google Feed Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-03 14:38 +0200
  Re: Google Feed dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan) - 2012-04-02 23:31 +0000
    Re: Google Feed PhillipJones <pjones1@kimbanet.com> - 2012-04-02 22:42 -0400
    Re: Google Feed jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-03 16:18 +1200

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