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IPhone launch hobbled by self-inflicted Denial-of-Service attack
Y2K wasn’t this much fun. As Apple’s carefully orchestrated launch of the iPhone 3G rolled through the time zones, it left chaos in its wake, and not just the good kind of chaos that results from happy customers crowding stores around the world (though there was plenty of that). No, this was the chaos that comes when your popularity exceeds your ability to graciously accept visitors. In what was quickly dubbed an iPocalypse, the availability of the iTunes store and the ability of Apple’s servers to authenticate new and updated iPhones bounced around between sluggish, intermittent and none.
There was, of course, the expected traffic spike as all the new iPhone owners had their units activated, but apparently what really caused the system to buckle was the crush of current iPhone users rushing to get the freshly released firmware update. The update required not only a download, but also the reauthentication of the service through iTunes, and the incoming barrage was too much for the servers to handle. Activation for buyers of the iPhone 3G was supposed to be a 10-15 minute process conducted in the store, but as the system dropped to its knees, Apple and AT&T employees began telling the new owners to go home and complete the activation of their phone via iTunes after things let up. Meantime, owners of first-generation iPhones simply trying to update the platform got caught in the activation backup, leaving them with beautifully designed paperweights until they can get through. Hard to say how long it’s going to take this dedicated fan base to learn that when it comes to these big launches, it’s better to walk than run.
Da sind wir hier in Deutschland vermutlich noch halbwegs glimpflich davongekommen, würde ich sagen… Und gut, dass “MobileMe” gar nicht angesprochen wurde.
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