Link:
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/10/gmail_outage_sh.html;jsessionid=AJJIOGLDLA5ACQSNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?print=true

say what you want about Yahoo! Mail...
but I have never EVER had it go out for more than like 1 minute.

Gmail may be a favorite of techies everywhere, but if my email isn't reliable..it's not worth much.

I have to say...wtf, Google?