Oops! Microsoft Loses All Sidekick Users' Data

[JMcEntegart]

Should we really have to remind Microsoft to make a backup if the data you're trying to protect is important or you know, not yours? No, we shouldn't. Tut, tut, tut.

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[cookies]

I don't have a Sidekick...but this is completely unacceptable. For whatever reason, people trust companies with their data, and this situation does quite a bit to undermine that.

 

[JasonAkkerman]

There is no excuse for that. I'm sure lost of people lost their jobs because of this.

So what happens now? Are all sidekick phones dead, or is it just a clean slate?

 

[amabhy]

Yet another reason why cloud computing is over-rated.

 

[NoCaDrummer]

So do we need any other reason to NOT trust Clod Computing. I mean "Cloud" Computing?

 

[Regulas]

I guess it must suck for those people who put their faith in Cloud Computing and Microsoft.

 

[CoryInJapan]

HAHA wow.That sucks for them I guess.Not making a backup is the biggest mistake they could of made.

 

[phantastic]

My brother was a victim of the BS. They gave him a free month of service. What a load of crap. Hitachi arrays are garbage. Should have stuck with EMC arrays.

 

[cookoy]

Wow! Putting all your cookies in one jar. One server for all my data. Are they using MS Home Server version 1.0? You should know better! Didn't you read the sign? "Danger!"

 

[hellwig]

Oh come on now. That's got to be a few dozen terabytes of data, and they WERE running a RAID 5, so what danger was there to begin with?

Hah, did you catch that little pun there, danger, and the company's name is Danger! Hahaha.... wait, WTF!?!?! Why would you name your company Danger? After this fiasco, sounds like someone is already making plans to change that little ditty.

 

[ssalim]

I smell lawsuits coming.
They are so careless.

 

[bunz_of_steel]

Sue the ka rap out dem executive terrorizers!!

 

[reichscythe]

Wouldn't it be nice if "the invisible hand" worked the way it was supposed to and all of these customers' "demand" for Sidekick service suddenly evaporated along with their data--sending the telecommunications division of MS into an unrecoverable tailspin?

This likely won't happen will it?

Where the hell is Adam Smith??

 

[Yoder54]

The same story elsewhere states: "Microsoft has demonstrated that the dark side of cloud computing has no silver linings."

Makes you wonder just how much of a role MS is playing in this or if they did anything to insure that this type of failure never happens. If cloud computing does not when favor with the consumer, then we are back to using the same old office apps...the very apps the MS dominates the market share.

 

[uh_no]

who the f*** doesn't back up large amounts of user data?

 

[fflam]

my girlfriend has a sidekick slide. it froze this Sunday and well.. poof all the data gone.

 

[cruiseoveride]

the likelihood that the company will be able to recover the data is "extremely low."

Did the hard drive get smashed into smithereens by terrorists?

 

[sunflier]

Danger didn't backup user data before a SAN upgrade.

Hiptop3 cites several sources who say something went wrong during the upgrade...

If true and data wasnt backed up before upgrade then nothing "went wrong" during the upgrade.

What went "wrong" was Danger's idiot IT admins who didnt plan a backup before Hitachi showed up. Even if contracted to have Hitachi back it up you are still taking too big a risk and being naive about it.

 

[tester24]

LOL that's funny! Knew the whole "cloud" idea for a phone was a stupid concept. At least when I lose my phone it's my fault if I didn't have the phone data backed up. But then again the people who expect a company to do everything for you like a backup and don't take simple precautions like backing up your own phone data are dumb to begin with. Do I feel sorry for them not one bit.

 

[jeraldjunkmail]

[citation][nom]ssalim[/nom]I smell lawsuits coming.They are so careless.[/citation]


Correction, "class action lawsuit". Could be a big one. Some lawyer out there is already drafting the suit documents...

 

[wildwell]

They won't make that mistake again.

 

[waffle911]

A "server failure" at Danger, the Microsoft-owned subsidiary that makes the Sidekick, has wiped out all user data. Anything stored on the server is gone with the wind...the likelihood that the company will be able to recover the data is "extremely low."

...and that's how cloud computing died.

 

[xrodney]

Storing user data over cloud and not having redundancy or backup is just lame. Agree that there should be class action lawsuit and good job for microsoft making cloud computing really "nice" promotion.

 

[techguy378]

The Sidekick never was a very smart phone. I'm not sure why so many people flocked to a phone like the Sidekick that was made by some small no name company (Danger) when there were better alternatives like Palm and Windows Mobile. The Sidekick in its various incarnations has always been one of the most problematic phones that T-Mobile has ever sold. The Sidekick is as much of a smart phone as the Nuviphone from Garmin. Suckers.

 

[jhansonxi]

Time to update the "no warranty expressed or implied" section of the EULA again.