http://www.liveside.net/opinion/archive/2008/08/12/first-apple-then-amazon-and-now-google-can-anybody-do-cloud-services-well.aspxWith all the fuss in recent weeks about Apple’s dismal failure with MobileMe, in particular around providing a stable and reliable service, its interesting to see that today Google is having issues also . With Gmail down, Twitter is on fire as bloggersenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://www.liveside.net/opinion/archive/2008/08/12/first-apple-then-amazon-and-now-google-can-anybody-do-cloud-services-well.aspx#9083Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:06:48 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:9083BasP<p>Meanwhile, Windows Live Calendar is down. :P</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9083" width="1" height="1">http://www.liveside.net/opinion/archive/2008/08/12/first-apple-then-amazon-and-now-google-can-anybody-do-cloud-services-well.aspx#9078Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:21:55 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:9078CoffeeShark<p>Yeah, that sucked. &nbsp;</p> <p>One of the reasons I prefer Mesh for &quot;cloud&quot; storage is the backup/sync with local machines. &nbsp;It's really the only way I would use the cloud with any comfort. &nbsp;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9078" width="1" height="1">http://www.liveside.net/opinion/archive/2008/08/12/first-apple-then-amazon-and-now-google-can-anybody-do-cloud-services-well.aspx#9072Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:25:42 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:9072AndyD<p>I'm glad to know that I wasn't the only one with Gmail problems.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9072" width="1" height="1">