Stefan - 3:15 am on May 6, 2006 (gmt 0)

Has anyone EVER ... in the history of the Earth ... tried to manage a project like that? Anyone? No, you haven't, and all of your wisdom on that topic (predicting need, rolling out infrastructure, etc.) is pretty frail in the face of the simply staggering numbers that this enterprising company is dealing with.

Well yes, they've assembled the largest pile of internet garbage to date, and yes the numbers involved with that giant pile are truly staggering. But the thing about garbage is - even if you sort it carefully, and wash it before piling it, in the end it's still just garbage.

And EFV, I mostly agree with your view on all of this, but remember that Matt/GG/whomever are not posting those comments here and in blogs because they care about us webmasters - they're doing it as part of a PR operation for a giant, profit-minded company, and it's in their financial interest to do so.