[CS-FSLUG] Biggest M$ computer crash in government history!

[Fred A. Miller]

U.K. GOVERNMENT HIT WITH ANOTHER LARGE COMPUTER FAILURE

LONDON -- IT system failures continued to plague the U.K. government
this week, when as many as 80,000 civil servants working for the
Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) had to deal with what is being
described in the local press as the biggest computer crash in government
history.

"Microsoft issued a short statement on Friday saying that it worked closely 
with its partners to help rectify the situation and support the DWP, but 
declined any further comment. Representatives from EDS could not immediately 
be reached for comment.

"The head of the DWP, the government secretary Alan Johnson has promised an 
internal inquiry into the systems failure and the role Microsoft, of Redmond, 
Washington, and EDS, of Plano, Texas, played in the crisis."

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