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

[mimo]

Sharon Kimble wrote:

>On Saturday 11 Dec 2004 23:35, Nix wrote:
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>
>>On Sat, 11 Dec 2004, Sharon Kimble said:
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>>
>>>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?
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>>
Sounds like another microsoft story  (is this the same story the 
guardian reported some weeks ago?) - is it?

mimo
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