You'd think by now GH would have a more resilient system in place ... I mean it isn't like it is the first time it happens to them.
Thanks for the downvote, my hearts goes to you. :/
Thanks for the downvote, my hearts goes to you. :/
1. There is literally no amount of money which will get you 100% uptime. You may be able to buy guarantees of 100% uptime, however...
2. ... which will not change the fact that things still go down, and that if something goes down in a way which violates your signed contract, the most you can hope for is some kind of monetary compensation and, maybe, an apologetic-sounding employee to scream at until you feel a bit better. If you expect to buy someone's care, you're woefully naïve.
My point is that the paying customers don't necessarily get a better service. All they get is limited compensation for enduring the same bad service all of the rest of us get.
Git clients probably supply some anonymous but consistent identifying information when doing a standard pull... per-client rate limiting, anybody?
It's a nice idea[l] at least; practically speaking there's enough bandwidth to keep the current disaster ticking over, so... :(