RIPE DB service restored

>   From owner-lir-wg at ripe.net Wed Feb 23 13:47:01 2000
>   From: Nils Jeppe <nils at work.de>

Dear Nils,

>   Yes, one question; why haven't you announced taking down the DB? I find
>   this unacceptable, some of us have to work with it you know? We have
>   customers which need new Person objects, new Domains, etc. etc. Now, I
>   understand perfectly if there are emergency maintainances or whatever, but
>   don't just switch it off for an entire day without at least letting us
>   know! How much effort would it have been if you had written a seven line
>   email explaining that you have to take the DB down, and why?
>   
>   It's not like you're some kind of Internet Dictatorship or IP God which
>   can do as it pleases; the RIPE NCC takes care of this stuff on the behalf
>   of the LIRs and is financed by the LIRs, so this heavy-handed approach is
>   really not something I appreciate.


I guess the RIPE community in general does not appreciate YOUR
approach (at least I do not). :((

Please find below the mail the RIPE NCC sent out BEFORE they turned
updates off.

I guess you have not been at the RIPE meetings and did not follow the work
the RIPE NCC has been doing in the last many years. Otherwise I do not think
you would make a remark like the above.

Best regards,
Janos


>   
>   
>   Best wishes,
>   Nils Jeppe
>   
>   
>   On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, RIPE Database Administration wrote:
>   
>   > 
>   > Dear Colleagues,
>   > 
>   > We wish to announce that the whois and update service
>   > of the RIPE Database has returned to normal.  Currently, the
>   > queue of updates is being processed.  We expect this queue to
>   > be cleared later this evening.
>   > 
>   > Thank you for being patient.  You will find that the service 
>   > level of the RIPE Database has been improved.  If you 
>   > have questions, please contact <ripe-dbm at ripe.net>.
>   > 
>   > If you have any questions, please don't hesitate
>   > to contact <ripe-dbm at ripe.net>.
>   > 
>   > Regards,
>   > 
>   > Daniele Arena
>   > ____________________________
>   > RIPE Database Administration.
>   > 
>   > 


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