When I first read this article, my initial reaction was, "shame on the ISP for not properly setting any kind of fail-safe utilities for their customers."

But upon further reflection (and reading other reactions), I do have to rethink that reaction. For one thing, you get what you pay for. For another thing, to paraphrase all the other comments, "the devil is in the details."

I've been on the fence as to whether or not to sign up for an MS Azure account. Right now, I have no idea what I'm going to do with it. I will say that, if I do, I am very wary about storing critical and/or personal data on it. I still have concerns about security (even after reading Steve's articles[/url]) and data integrity.

Not sure how to address the former (any thoughts, Steve?), but in terms of the latter, I realize it's up to me. In such a scenario, I'd likely use data that (1) I'm not overly-paranoid about losing, (2) I have backed up, or (3) I can recreate relatively easily.