[Gllug] IT disaster in British public authority caused by operator

Sharon Kimble sharonm63 at tiscali.co.uk
Sat Dec 11 23:46:20 UTC 2004


On Saturday 11 Dec 2004 23:35, Nix wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Dec 2004, Sharon Kimble said:
> > The US IT service provider EDS has admitted that one of its employees was
> > responsible for the crash of thousands of computers in Britain's
> > Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) two weeks ago.
>
> How utterly shocking and completely surprising. I'm stunned at this
> unexpected news. EDS responsible for a computing disaster? Surely they
> jest. That could never be. All EDS's projects go off perfectly without
> flaw or failure, and they have a superb reputation, which is why the
> government keep using them over and over again.
>
> Isn't it?

Thought you'd like it :))))

Take care
Sharon.
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