What's interesting about Twitterland trying to put the blame on the mainframe, is that Delta has already said something about having trouble getting 400ish servers back up. But then again, people believe what they want to, and often are lacking in the common sense arena.
Pardon any typos, sent using my thumbs On Aug 10, 2016 17:37, "Ed Jaffe" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/10/2016 2:00 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > >> No planes fell out of Delta's sky. It was the reservation system that >> crashed; I doubt that the FAA has much to say in that arena. >> > > Exactly. And, the removal of airfare price fixing 38 years ago had no > bearing on it either. IJS. > > Once the dust settles, we'll know _exactly_ what went wrong at Delta and > why. If you're not following Twitter, you should be aware there are already > folks trying to make Delta's mainframe the scapegoat. > > Many major players had inadequate DRPs and BRPs on 9/11 and the IT > industry has learned a lot since that time. > > Whatever happened to Delta, let's hope it becomes a "teachable" moment for > everyone that isn't overshadowed by finger pointing or jumping on soapboxes > by those who wish to espouse some ridiculous political or computer platform > ideology... > > -- > Edward E Jaffe > Phoenix Software International, Inc > 831 Parkview Drive North > El Segundo, CA 90245 > http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
