Transitive trust is metastable. "I trust him. Hold on - do I trust who he trusts" etc.
brucee On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Skip Tavakkolian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>also, it assumes that the vm/vs >>>service provider will be able to provide as good or better quality of >>>service as you would maintaining your own infrastructure. >> >> also that they are as sound as a bank and just as unlikely to go bust. >> wait a minute ... > > exactly; that also crossed my mind. there's the analogous potential > pitfall of counting on service providers that count on other service > providers and soon a problem affecting somebody who's tangentially > involved in your service could bring down your business. > > >
