23rd September 2010, 12:02 PM
Anyone who's familiar with how servers work can tell you that that's just not how things are done these days. There's no excuse for the site being "down" for a whole day for an "upgrade". Rollouts are streamlined now to the point where there's basically no excuse for downtime for any decently sized company web site, which GoG is. It's simple, test your beta version of the site on it's own server, and when the time comes to make the switch, seamlessly make the new server the one that manages things. Why downtime? You don't see MS's site suddenly down for maintenance. For that matter, you don't see Joystiq.com's site go down for maintenance when they do a system upgrade. That excuse doesn't fly.
Besides, that's nothing but a distraction GR. You STARTED this thread because YOU were convinced they'd completely shut down. Clearly if it HAD just been for an upgrade, their page would have at least INDICATED that. You know, "We're not going away! This is just a transition!", that sort of thing? Nope, notta.
Besides, that's nothing but a distraction GR. You STARTED this thread because YOU were convinced they'd completely shut down. Clearly if it HAD just been for an upgrade, their page would have at least INDICATED that. You know, "We're not going away! This is just a transition!", that sort of thing? Nope, notta.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)