With all eggs in the proverbial basket of modernity and the rules of the digital realm, simplicity has been overridden by complexity, but at a cost, as network outages plague the nominal function of the super information highway.
The recent outage of the Microsoft Outlook network is causing massive headaches on infrastructure and end users as software engineers within the company scramble to find a solution to an issue that has left many individuals without the ability to communicate electronically through email or other means. As redundancy is out of the equation due to the intricate framework of servers, the functionable is at a premium.
The majority of account holders with the service are currently unable to access their inboxes according to various sources with detrimental effects on both social interaction and most importantly commerce, as the astronomical costs of latency ensue. The Outlook brand is known for the Hotmail and MSN platforms which when operating normally allow for a massive exchange of data and content. Microsoft and Google’s digital mailing service, GMAIL, have been historically entangled in an intense competition for the future of online correspondence, yet both entities are vulnerable to the temperamental nature of developing technology that is plagued by the presence of overengineering which spans the scope of the electronic and subsequently defines the era of modernity.
Unfortunately, consumers are vulnerable to the inception of technology in facing upgrades that conflict with usability and bound by a growing phonebook of “Terms and Conditions” that are a true force to be reckoned with. What was once a single document in the mid-1990’s dictating and explaining policy of email services has become a convoluted library of legalism, and privacy is threatened amid the existence of publicly traded private corporations harvesting data. The old saying goes, “deletion is not permanent, and the myth pervades”.
Quite possibly, the latest failure in the minor crises of connectivity is a result of Hotmail and the bandwidth requirements of pressing account holders to submit information on backup methods of account recovery options. The campaign is a frustratingly tedious experience for the end user that locks screens and causes a general bout of malaise for those attempting to access and utilize what was once a reliable tool.
While the war continues as the Big Tech universe reinvents their plethora of business models consisting of software bugs and upgrades that are unstable at best, chaos is normalized and the concept of “free” always comes at cost. Until that quandary is rectified, reality is flooded by failure.
