Customer service (or lack thereof)
11/07/08 12:45
Apple’s meltdown is
a classic example of problems that can result from
complex systems that have single points of failure.
In today’s case, the company appeared to invite
disaster by not separating its existing customers
from new ones. On Friday morning, Apple executives
acknowledged the problem and said the combination of
original iPhone users upgrading and new iPhone 3G
users trying to complete their activation swamped the
company’s servers. Does Apple care? Why should they?
After all they are Apple ! Read
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