Well what really surprises me is the fact that they did not simply test
everything on a production server and get it going and working great and
then migrate it over to their normal servers. Can you imagine the amount
of $$ that is lost by MM taking their e-commerce down for this?
The site itself is not that large, It has been my experience that
when re-developing/re-branding a site, it is customary to follow a type
of "scheme" that ensures the site is maintained while changes are being
made. it's apparent it wasn't used in this situation. I realize
time-to-market is important, and I can agree with that. What I do not
understand is the comment that while most of our site works, the areas
that are most accessed and used are not. If this would have been done
correctly, I dont believe that the site would have had to be down for
more than a couple of hours at most.
Just my $.02
There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and [Unix]
BSD. We don't believe this to be a coincidence.
Doug Brown
----- Original Message -----
From: "Billy Cravens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 10:45 AM
Subject: RE: Macromedia's destruction of the Allaire Site...
> On one note, I'd say that we should give Macromedia a break. I know
> that they have had some website and support issues, but they have
> delivered a solid release of both Server and Studio. Which is all you
> can really expect, cuz for most of us, that's all we're really paying
> for.
>
> I'm sure if you're not happy with how things are run, I'm sure they'd
be
> more than happy to sell you the division that produces ColdFusion.
>
> However, as painful as a migration may be, how the hell do you turn
off
> production servers like that? I'll echo the thoughts about staging
> servers - if you know what you're doing, once everything's good, you
> should be able to throw the switch (in theory) with little to no
> downtime.
>
> Maybe they're using Sitespring to manage the conversion :P
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paris Lundis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:03 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Macromedia's destruction of the Allaire Site...
>
> I try to go to the developer's download section and get this lovely
> message:
>
> Due to scheduled maintenance, certain areas of our website are
> unavailable
> at this time. These areas include Macromedia Membership, Free Trial
> Downloads, the Macromedia Store, the Edge newsletter, the Showcase,
> Events,
> the Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, and UltraDev Exchanges, the
> Developers
> Exchange and Forums. You can use NNTP newsgroups instead of Forums
until
> our
> maintenance is complete.
>
> We apologize for the inconvenience and will be restoring service as
soon
> as
> possible. If you've already made a download purchase, please return
> after 6
> pm PST on Sunday 1/27/02 to download your products.
>
> Meanwhile, you can continue to browse the rest of our site. You can
also
> read about other ways to purchase Macromedia products or contact our
> Customer Service Center.
>
> Return to Macromedia home page.
>
>
>
> OFFLINE FOR 2-3 DAYS????? what in the world are these folks thinking?
> Bring
> the old site back please....
>
> -paris
>
>
>
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