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Alright, Who Broke The Internet? Dell.com Also Knocked Out.

• JacobAldridge 17y ago
  Out for approx 40 minutes. Last quarter Dell did $12.76 B in sales, which is $140.22 M/day, $5.84 M / Hr, or $3.89 million dollars for every 40 minute increment. It's crazy to extrapolate math that far (it doesn't take into account the fact that 5-5.40pm might usually be the slowest time of day, or the busiest; or the fact that many customers will come back tomorrow and make the purchase anyway), but it's still a great example of how investing in resources to prevent this kind of thing is well worth it. Your start-up may not be doing $12B in sales just yet, but are you investing in prevention?
  • jeroen 17y ago
    On the other hand, this news probably brings them a nice spike in visitors, which could even lead to sales.
  • makecheck 17y ago
    It's not likely that people who went to Dell's web site to buy would permanently take their business elsewhere. This will have cost Dell almost nothing.