We’re not ready to live in the cloud

May 4, 2010 in for Churches

I was quite excited when I heard that Google Docs had opened up to allow documents of any type to be uploaded and stored for free. I could now store all of the design resources for church in Google Docs, and share the folder with these files with those who need access to them. No more emailing back and forth. No more YouSendIt. A central, online repository for all files. Brilliant.

I’ve since been adding the necessary files to Google Docs. Until today.

Today, when I try to upload files I get the following error message:

“Server Rejected”

I’m not the only one with this message. Forums share experiences of others who have been experiencing this issue since February. I can’t find a response from Google about this issue. And so my plans for using Google Docs as an online file repository have come to a shuddering halt.

The cloud has a lot of potential. But when it’s not working properly, it’s very frustrating. There’s some bugs to iron out, and until then, I’ve got my doubts about the value in storing anything significant in the cloud.

Do you agree?

  • Eric

    Everything has down time (espically our exchange server) that said it’s frustrating when you cannot fix it yourself or have to wait for a generic error message to go away, In my experience the cloud has been just as reliable as our network which would be about 98% reliable.

  • http://www.crosswaynorth.org.au/podcasts/podcasts.xml Crossway North

    Hey Steve, Google Docs also only gives you 7Gb of storage, which is nice. But if you wander over to SkyDrive by Microsoft, you get 25Gb of storage and can upload any file. I have been using this for two years and is BRILLIANT! I am sure Google will be forced to up the limit for storing files so in the meantime head over to http://skydrive.live.com you will need a Windows Live ID for it.
    Cheers, Paul