Just look around the UPS site http://www.ups.com, I was randomly surfing the
site when I came up with this...
Gregory Harris
Web Developer
Stirling Bridge Group LLC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Keane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: Just a stray thought
> Yes, I'm interested too. Send it on up!
>
> --
> Jamie Keane
> Programmer
> SolutionMasters, Inc.
> 9111 Monroe Rd., Suite 100
> Charlotte, NC 28270
> www.solutionmasters.com
> 704.563.5559 x 228 Voice
> 704.849.9291 Fax
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 12:13 PM
> Subject: RE: Just a stray thought
>
>
> >
> >Can you send the URL where you read this??
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Gregory Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 11:36 AM
> >To: CF-Talk
> >Subject: Just a stray thought
> >
> >
> >Ok, this is meant as no shameless plug but I read on their website:
> >
> >UPS expects to receive 5 million tracking requests on their website per
day
> >especially on their peak days (it reads something like that)
> >
> >Your mission: build a Cold Fusion application for UPS that could handle
> such
> >a beating, how would you do this? Bear in mind:
> >
> >1) You will have to search through a database of approximately 245
million
> >records (packages delivered)
> >
> >2) 5 million per day equals 60 per second, transactional integrity has to
> be
> >TIGHT!
> >
> >3) Money is no real object (UPS needs this to work some how, but be
> >realistic in terms of "what you get is what you pay for")
> >
> >Who's up for this?
> >
> >Gregory Harris
> >Web Developer
> >Stirling Bridge Group LLC
> >
>
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