Software crash grounds UK air traffic

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Hmmmmm maybe, then again

Xunil_Sierutuf said:
"Bad coding affects ALL operating systems."

From:
http://www.forbes.com/business/newswire/2004/06/03/rtr1393847.html
Julian Moxon said, "It is nothing to do with investment. It is the system type. There have been a lot of programming problems,"


http://www.guardian.co.uk/airlines/story/0,1371,1230612,00.html

"The problem was down to a mainframe computer at West Drayton which uses software dating back to the 1970s to handle arrivals and departures at London's airports. It is connected to a brand new ?623m "en route" control centre at Swanwick, Hampshire, which opened two years ago and takes on flights once they reach a higher altitude."


Xunil_Sierutuf said:
"Pay attention, there are only rare instances where something in not Microsoft's fault."

Well that depends if NATS (National Air Traffic Services UK) uses Microsoft parts and they ain't saying.

From:
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=a5o_pIOUH40o&refer=europe

"The one-hour breakdown began at 6 a.m. when National Air Traffic Service Ltd. computers wouldn't start after overnight testing of new software," said NATS spokeswoman Vicky Overend.

Then again this does sound like a recurring Microsoft problem. Yeah I guess you may be right.

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