Forum OpenACS Q&A: Response to Opening Up .Net to Everyone

Slightly off-topic, but MSN Instant Messenger has been down for about 7 days now, with no indication of reliable service being restored any time soon.

MS blames the problem on a failed disk controller (!!) I find this explanation most improbable. More likely this first major .NET experiment has hit a major snag.

At the very least, it might make one reconsider the notion of having a single point of failure (passport).