[Am-info] Benefits system hit by IT chaos

[Erick Andrews]

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 12:24:46 +1100 (AEDT), John Angelico wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 06:21:34 -0500 (EST), Erick Andrews wrote:
>
>>You gotta laugh at this.  Maybe it should have been titled
>>"The (not so) Hidden Cost of Windows", or "Putting All Your
>>Eggs in One Basket".
>>
>>http://society.guardian.co.uk/internet/story/0,8150,1360162,00.html
>
>It seems to overstate the numbers involved cf the Register report for which
>see
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/26/dwp_network_outage/
>
>Mainly it's not a "real" Win fault - rather human error: 
>a) no rollback facilities
>b) no cross-check "Roll out live to 80,000 desktops? Are you sure Y/N?"
>
>But it does fit with the philosophical/design weaknesses of Win. 
>
>Ease of use and simplicity override security and nobody worries about
>recovering from some error because untrained users believe "Doh, computers
>don't make mistakes - right? And we can trust Microsoft/EDS, right?"
>
>
>
>Best regards
>John Angelico
>OS/2 SIG
>os2@melbpc.org.au or 
>talldad@kepl.com.au

Yes, I agree.

I also think that greater diversity generates more acuity and better leadership.

Erick Andrews