Re: Hackers Trip Up Virgin America's First Day of Ticketing

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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- -- Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Paul Ferguson wrote:
> > "It's exceeding all our expectations," said spokeswoman Abby Lunardini,
> > who didn't have specific figures on how many bookings were made by day's
> > end. 
> >
> > She said the airline's Web site began to slow around noon, making it
> > difficult for users to purchase tickets online. The airline directed
> > users to call its toll-free number.
>
> Are "hackers" just the fall guy for the airline IT department failing to
> provide enough server capacity to handle the "flash crowd" effect?

Apparently so. :-)

- - ferg

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