Creative Cloud outage leaves Adobe users unable to work
And this is why I won't trust SaaS that doesn't provide a <i>viable</i> self-host solution (which for practical purposes tends to mean Free software, although I suppose "binary" only self-contained jars might be a realistic alternative). And also why I can't see myself selling/working on such a solution without providing some form of <i>viable</i>/<i>realistic</i> exit strategy/alternative.<p>With traditional apps, you run the risk of eg: your laptop crashing/being stolen -- but if you <i>need</i> to work, you can just go and pick up a new laptop, burn an hour or so reinstalling your application(s) -- and hopefully get your work done by the deadline. With a self-hostable SaaS, you can spin up a vps/dedicated server and install, maybe even in less time -- but with "closed" SaaS -- you have no option.<p>Of course, with all (high-bandwidth) SaaS-solutions, network access becomes a single point of failure.