Comments on: Another Reason to Own Your Hosting http://www.endgamepr.com/blog/2009/01/05/own-your-hosting/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:28:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Mullen http://www.endgamepr.com/blog/2009/01/05/own-your-hosting/comment-page-1/#comment-7168 Steve Mullen Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:04:36 +0000 http://www.endgamepr.com/?p=237#comment-7168 Here's another reason. I got an email from Jooce this morning. Jooce is like an online computer desktop. They also offer file storage. Here's the text of the email: <blockquote>We trust that jooce has been serving you well in the past year. However, in 2009 we will be undergoing a temporary transition as jooce is in the process of being acquired. During this transition period jooce will be temporarily suspending its file storage service. We strongly suggest that in the next two weeks you back up all of your important files stored on jooce. All other services such as Instant Messaging (MSN, ICQ, AIM), viewing videos and playing music shall be unaffected. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you.</blockquote> This isn't a big deal for me, as I've only tested out Jooce (it's actually a pretty cool idea, I just never got around to setting it up) and don't have any files stored there. But, it's a major inconvenience for people who have a lot of files stored there. I actually recommend using Gmail as a file storage system. Just email the files to yourself there, and then find the email in your archives whenever you need the files. Here’s another reason. I got an email from Jooce this morning. Jooce is like an online computer desktop. They also offer file storage. Here’s the text of the email:

We trust that jooce has been serving you well in the past year. However,
in 2009 we will be undergoing a temporary transition as jooce is in the
process of being acquired.

During this transition period jooce will be temporarily suspending its
file storage service. We strongly suggest that in the next two weeks you
back up all of your important files stored on jooce.

All other services such as Instant Messaging (MSN, ICQ, AIM), viewing
videos and playing music shall be unaffected.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you.

This isn’t a big deal for me, as I’ve only tested out Jooce (it’s actually a pretty cool idea, I just never got around to setting it up) and don’t have any files stored there. But, it’s a major inconvenience for people who have a lot of files stored there. I actually recommend using Gmail as a file storage system. Just email the files to yourself there, and then find the email in your archives whenever you need the files.

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