[Am-info] Microsoft software implicated in air traffic shutdown

[madodel@ptdprolog.net]

 A week old, and I had heard the story before, but not that it directly
stated that it was m$ junkware that caused the problem.  Why would you use
this stuff in a critical application?  The world is truly a scary place
today.  A system that has to be restarted every 30 days or a disaster
happens is insane.  The people that bought this should be rounded up along
with the scumbags that wrote it and sold it and be imprisoned.  As usual
the story is not geting much if any play in the US.  Guess its unpatriotic
to point out that the real evildoers are located in Washingtn DC and
Redmond.  "We have met the enemy and he is us."

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/windows/0,39020396,39167074,00.htm

"A three-hour system shutdown that affected South California's airports
was reportedly caused by a technician who failed to reboot an MS-based
system

A bug in a Microsoft system compounded by human error was ultimately
responsible for a three-hour radio breakdown that left hundreds of
aircraft aloft without guidance on Tuesday, according to a report in the
LA Times.	
	
Nearly all of Southern California's airports were shut down, and five
incidents where aircraft broke separation guidelines were reported. In one
case, a pilot had to take evasive action.

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