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Tell Tom Watson.. #
Posted Tuesday 9th December 2008 17:04 GMT
..because he's the Minister responsible for web stuff
UK.gov resilience website feedback page falls over
Bird flu and influenza? #
Posted Tuesday 9th December 2008 14:41 GMT
Isn't that resilience in itself? Having two of the same thing on your top 4 just in case one of them is debunked?
nice to see #
Posted Tuesday 9th December 2008 14:46 GMT
Nice to see they using Linux for hosting the website to save cash on Windows licences, oh wait
Nothing to do with resilience... #
Posted Tuesday 9th December 2008 17:10 GMT
And everything to do with either bad application configuration or (more likely, considering the questionnaire is presented to the user before the error occurs) bad application programming. Considering for a moment that resilience is the provision of standby or failover capability in the event of server or site failure, bad configurations and/or programming is not something that would be considered. Moreover if the application was badly written, that same application would be made available at any resilience/disaster recovery site and would present exactly the same issues. So, as you see, nothing whatsoever to do with resilience and thereby cancelling out any sense of irony the author feels.
Hmm... #
Posted Tuesday 9th December 2008 17:10 GMT
Yahoo messenger & iTunes running as well? seems fairly loosely regulated on what you can run on your PC whilst stroking the ivory for El-Regizeera
Not that bad #
Posted Tuesday 9th December 2008 21:17 GMT
Agree with glennog. It is very likely it was probably a configuration error. If the form is sent via SMTP it could incorrect mail server configuration.
They must have repaired whatever the problem was. It can't be that bad cosidering the PM's site can't even have an email form. http://www.number10.gov.uk/footer/contact-us
Who are these children #
Posted Wednesday 10th December 2008 07:39 GMT
that the UK government pay to build their websites?
It is awful, and I am sure child labour is still illegal, but hey with the new welfare reforms in place, who knows what's allowed nowadays.
We dob't need a resilience website #
Posted Wednesday 10th December 2008 11:30 GMT
The main web servers will never fail - they're run by the goverment, who understand these things!
Re: Who are these children...? #
Posted Wednesday 10th December 2008 11:30 GMT
EDS
Capita
Fujitsu
etc
etc
Riots in Mumbai, so any work outsourced there could be delayed.
Windows as a server - Gaaaaah. #
Posted Wednesday 10th December 2008 16:02 GMT
Something to add to the list of illnesses and viruses (viri).
Clearly some scriptkiddie graduated from VBasic to '.NET' and bypassed the need for a formal training or understanding of coding practice.
"Oooooohhh look, I can make wizard dance in Office 2003. Now me export as HTM, cos I iz da bom!"
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