Word: shutdown
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year since the IPO, eBay has hit a few speed bumps. The site has been plagued with headline-grabbing crashes, among them a 21-hr. outage in June, four more in July, and a 10-hr. shutdown in August that sent eBay stock plunging 10%. The stakes were higher than ever because the eBay staff was well aware that thousands of individuals outside the company--single mothers, disabled people, seniors--were supporting themselves by selling on eBay. "It was probably the single most stressful time we've had at eBay," says Skoll of the August crash. "Poor Meg would catch...
With the network fading in and out, e-mail was unavailable for much of the day. The shutdown also affected computers that are set up to look for the network as they boot up, including machines that run Microsoft Windows...
...Members remain hopeful that the absolute shutdown will be temporary...
...Douglas W. Sears '69, president of the Inter-club Council (ICC), said Boynton has not notified him or other club presidents about the shutdown...
...even abroad, it's not Hollywood-friendly riots or atomic disasters that we should be fearing. It's economic trouble. Even if one of these countries suffers a Y2K-related banking shutdown, it could cause ripples in the global pool. And that's why Y2K command-center staff members won't be popping Champagne corks if midnight comes and goes without incident. There will be at least another week of active duty on the financial watch ahead of them. The date many Y2K watchers are waiting for is not Saturday, Jan. 1, but Monday, Jan. 3, when the world...