As all SF-using developers know, SF CVS has been partly or totally unavailable for much of the past week.
It is possible SF will overcome their current problems and things will greatly stabilize and finally become highly reliable. However, past experience coupled with knowledge of the company's uncertain financial situation suggest this is unlikely to be the case and that we can expect trouble to come.
I would like to propose that if when SF CVS returns, we do not have adequate confidence that they'll be highly stable, that we then proceed with a plan to shift to a different CVS provider.
There are many different alternatives to consider for CVS providers, each with their own pros and cons. If we go this route I suggest we assemble a set of requirements we would have for a provider, and then judge various options against them.
Bryce