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The Bigger Picture (Score:2)
If this was an isolated incident then yes blocking MS would be hysterics. However, they have been a consistence nuisance for the past year, and despite adding measures to reduce their tactics, they have decided to ramp up their use of the bots to the point it took out the site ... AGAIN.
The CPAN Testers server is something that a large part of the Perl eco-system relies on. Knocking it out of action is not something I am happy for anyone to do.
My reactions may have been emotional, but it has been a problem
Re:The Bigger Picture (Score:2)
I can't be against any site inside Perl eco-system, of course, but anyway "time wget http://cpantesters.org/ [cpantesters.org]" prints 2 seconds response time which is not too cool.
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