mslider

Isn't it just the case that nodejs is the least worst way of writing a concurrent web server? we know it's not perfect, but what is?

We have tens of servers across 4 Linode data centers. We get hit with both data-center-wide and single-server downtime pretty much on a weekly basis.

In the span of 3 months we had something like 25% of our servers go under "emergency maintenance" downtime. Just part of the ebb and flow of "the cloud", I guess.

Geofabrik has a really cool tool that lets you compare various OSM providers, Google, Bing, etc. side-by-side. Check it out[0] - it's pretty cool!

[0] http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/

Do you run their compliance team and call the shots on how that's interpreted?

If so... would like to get in touch - maybe you can help my friend out by putting that sales drone in line.

You are not a lawyer, sure, but you are also, apparently, not Google's "compliance team". Section 10.1.2 says you can't charge anyone a fee for the "implementation". What is the "implementation" and what isn't? You might have one answer. Someone else in the company might have another. That's typical of big companies, where not everyone may enforce policies different, but still pretty scary for anyone who falls in this gray area.

Had to make an account and comment - my friend went through this whole thing and the terms of service get pretty fuzzy pretty quickly.

For his listings website that charged business owners fees for "premium" listings, Google[0] considered the embedded Maps to be part of what he was selling. They argued that the service as a whole (incl. maps) was "the product".

We disagree, apparently, but our interpretation doesn't mean diddly squat until push comes to shove.

[0] Edit: by "Google", I mean whatever sales drone is trying to get you to pay. I assume their salespeople are on commission like any other company.