-----Original Message-----
From:
Mohan, Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date:
Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:59 PM
Subject: RE: RE: MetaSlop -
Another Response Scenario for Paul.
Scenario Two:
########################## For Immediate Release
###############################
Ap/UPI/AFP/Reuters --- Redwood Shores, 27 Feb
00
Oracle Denial of Service Attack
Oracle Corporation announced today, in a stunning
revelation, that
they have been issuing a massive
Denial of Service (DoS) attack against
its own
customers via its "Support" website, MetaBlink.
The scam worked like this: clever hackers within
Oracle Corporation
configured MetaLink with Oracle
default values, guaranteeing devastating
failure. As
long term Oracle customers, sorely vexed by arcane command sequences,
byzantine product offerings, and constantly shifting
product versions
came to the "support web
site" to seek help, they were shunted away,
losing hours of productive time, watching key applications fail,
marriages dissolve, and world peace slip from their
grasp.
Precisely at this vulnerable moment, a crack team of
marketers ( or a
team of crack-smoking marketers,
field reports are not clear ) created
a campaign to
lead key customers to believe "application upgrades" and
"more hardware" were the problem.
Sources in the McNealy Command Bunker indicate Oracle's
innovative DoS
is working, as record numbers of
customers are throwing massive amounts
of hardware
at problems relatively easy to rectify. Further, back at
Armani HQ, Redwood Shores, initial reports are that the
"application upgrades"
orders are coming
in quickly.
IBM, HP, and other industry leaders are likely to follow the
Oracle Corporation
trend, and begin to knock off key
customers shortly, using a combination of
DoS,
confusing price plans, deliriously inaccurate marketing campaigns,
and other tools of corporate psychological warfare.
( - Ross Mohan, Cub Reporter, Daily Planet )
-----Original Message-----
From:
Paul Baumgartel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 3:21 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: RE: MetaSlop
And if you were running a comparable system, what would
*you* say?
Paul Baumgartel
InstiPro,
Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
212 813-0829 x103 (office)
917
549-4717 (mobile)
-----Original Message-----
Sent:
Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:51 PM
To: Multiple
recipients of list ORACLE-L
Man, these guys just invite the wise-ass comment, don't
they? Such as:
Well maybe if the product worked better/was less
confusing/had better
documentation we wouldn't all
be in Metalink!
Oh no! If 4 new servers
brought the system to its knees just think how bad
it'll be when the rest of the hardware arrives!
4 new top-of-the-line servers, just think what that'll do to their
power
unit charges!
Plus I can't rid myself of the image of us all 'staggering'
to Metalink for
help.
Jim
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/27/01 01:21PM
>>>
For those interested, right from the
horses mouth, or other orifice as you
desire:
News & Notes
MetaLink Performance - An Update
We apologize for the slow response times recently on
MetaLink. All over
the
world
our customers are coming to and using this valuable
knowledge base in staggering numbers. Our Global IT team are
working these
performance issues as their number one
priority.
What is Being Done
This week four new front-end web servers were brought on line to help
manage
the load. Additional
hardware has been purchased and will
arrive
soon which will make a significant improvement in performance.
We appreciate your patience during this time of
significant growth in
MetaLink
usage.
Thanks,
The MetaLink
Team
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