[27050] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yahoo! Lessons Learned
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick Greenwell)
Tue Feb 8 11:51:29 2000
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 08:49:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Patrick Greenwell <patrick@cybernothing.org>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On 8 Feb 2000, Sean Donelan wrote:
> Was there something Yahoo!, GlobalCeneter or other providers could
> have done, either individually or in cooperation, to prevent the problem?
I would say that they first have to all agree as to what the problem
was...
> Likewise, could they, individually or in cooperation with other providers,
> have shortened the duration or severity by doing something different?
>
> And finally, would they be more successfull in tracking the source the
> the problem by doing something different?
Probably. However the discussion would quickly become one about the disparity
in philosophies between academics and "traditional" corporate types. It's
a social and cultural issue not a strictly operational one...
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