Ok, last post unless there is a specific point to counter, and a change of tact.
I'd like to congratulate everyone at Valve, and especially the people in the IT department for restoring services after a major and widespread weather related disaster. Well done! >Such redundancy is Networking 101 and Programming 101... You can choose to >ignore it if you like... But in the real word it is fact . > >Valve is probably making enough money to make it reasonable for them to >invest in a redundant system for that "money making" aparatus. That is >Economics 101. You think it looks good to investors that the "backbone" of >the system went down for the entire world because of one geological >disaster? You think that's a good selling point for software developers >that want to bring their product to market? 273,468 game players couldn't >play because Valve had all their eggs in that one "geographical" basket. >Wise business decision? You decide... > >Ok maybe they are 500 level courses but you still get the point :D > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 2:57 PM >> To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com >> Subject: RE: RE: RE: Re: [hlds] Post-outage thoughts >> >> All I'm seeing is whining, pettiness, and monday morning >> quarterbacking. >> >> Lets try this. If anyone out there has a diagram of the >> Valve infrastructure, and a complete understanding of who >> they contract with for what services and facilities, then lets see it. >> >> I only am reading people bitching about what Valve should >> have done over the last 10 years, and "I could do it better", >> without any reguard or perspective on what the real world >> impact things may be having in the Seattle area. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > >_______________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please >visit: >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
