Most of us have been aware of the asset server problems long before LL deigned to notice it on Thursday when a rolling restart was announced in the hopes this would fix the issues we had been facing and to be fair for most of us there was some improvement although SL was still sluggish and rezzing or buying items was risky at best, downright stupid if you couldn't rez anything or edit it (take note if you can't rez or its slow to respond DON'T GO SHOPPING).At these times its business that suffer the most as people reign in their spending until the grid is more stable.
Why does LL always wait until the weekend to finally realised it is a serious problem and the grid needs to go offline? Maybe they are sitting there thinking 'yes we fixed it, its only a few residents having problems, its ok we can hold off until monday then fix it, maybe if we ignore it things will improve, its not a problem really' None of us can hazard even a guess at the minds of those poor Lindens trying to keep everyone happy, but guys and girls PLEASE if a problem is not fixed with a rolling restart don't wait 3 days before trying to do something about it! We all know the grid will have to come offline, usually before you do - if its so predictable for the residents then surely someone at the lab can see it too? and step in somewhere in the chain of events and say 'hey if we dont do something now the grid will be offline at the weekend!'
But then I suppose its too much to ask that the lab can think ahead or that they could try thinking like the rest of us, wishful thinking has got them this far hasn't it?