Although I condemn the attack and believe not even losers gain self esteem by causing harm to others, there seem to be some positive effects.

1.We learned a few performance-tuning tricks for our dedicated server.
2.Found a good 3rd party protection service.
3.Made a few notes for upcoming Dolphin releases.

Maybe Andrew would like to share some of these things with us, like the performance-tuning and protection service. It seems this might be useful information to anyone running a Dolphin see more site.

Besides these positive effects there are also some weaknesses shown. Three of the “found” issues, could have been found in the forum and it's a shame that it needed a DDOS attack to get the issues addressed.

1.We found a few spots that needed improvement. That will help us writing software that performs better.
2.Found that pesky version-checking in admin panel.
3.Figured that we need to get rid of clutter in some (many) places.

Never the less, lessons can be learned and we can transform weaknesses into strengths. The community is there for a reason and most of it only wants the best for Dolphin, so value its input and act on it.