Microsoft software implicated in LAX shutdown
ZDNet says
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.
(The story is here, but it seems to screw up Firefox, so you might want to view it in Lynx or Dillo.)
posted Thu 23 Sep 2004 in /business/microsoft | link
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