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

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

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?
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