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

[Don Parris]

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:05:04 -0500, Fred A. Miller
<fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> 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."
> 
> http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A2D75E:1F5C3D3
> 
> --
"It is believed that the crash was caused when an incompatible system
was downloaded on to the entire network"

What in the world does _that_ mean????  Lemme guess, the little girl
from the Cisco commercials was demonstrating what happens when you run
an unprotected network.  Whoever's at fault will have a really bad
week this week. :(

Don

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