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Yes, I'm offended by this... the Mr. Barker didn't made his homework and missed other importants errors. I'm sure the author can compile a "Top 10 IT Disaters that Killed People" list. Maybe he is more concerned about money and not about people.

Around here the Therac problems are used as a case study to teach what not to do when building a complex system. It didn't kill hundreds of persons, but those who died by the Therac had an horrible death... and just becase some stupid engineers didn't know how to design software.

That's just an example, let's see if the author can make it better.


Regards,

MV
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Why omitions?  GrimmReaperSound | 11/27/07
Why omitions? Why not "omissions"?  mseiler@... | 11/28/07
Software failures resulting in loss of life...  Resuna | 11/28/07
DIA's baggage handling system  DougOfCBS ZDNet Moderator | 11/28/07
Colorado in General  thomasderk@... | 11/28/07
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Therac-25...now there's a blast from the past  jasonp@... | 11/27/07
This article is too soft with the omission of deadly IT failures  racingmustang | 11/27/07
Yes, I'm offended by this...  MV_z | 11/28/07
Forgot the Windows one that almost killed thousands  itguy08 | 11/27/07
I see you think you know more than the FAA  Confused by religion | 11/27/07
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You think the FAA Would admit to gross neglegence?  itguy08 | 11/28/07
And they replaced the Unix systems, why?  GuidingLight | 11/27/07
Logical fallacy  bmerc | 11/28/07
Some Idiot decided "Windows Everywhere"  itguy08 | 11/28/07
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what's multitasking?  rmjivaro | 11/28/07
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you wake up  cavlosnap@... | 11/30/07
College Courses  levinson | 12/27/07
Wrong Conclusion  davidsarmstrong | 11/29/07
Application fault, not Windows  Dilandau | 11/28/07
Windows in the glass cockpit  CodeCurmudgeon | 11/30/07
Links:  itguy08 | 11/27/07
Fire is also guilty...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/27/07
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Yes, the wheel  Linux User 147560 | 11/28/07
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So now...  jasonp@... | 11/27/07
2003, 1999, 2001. These represent the years the malware you mentioned...  ye | 11/27/07
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JetBlue fiasco from last year.  itguy08 | 11/28/07
i think you need to go back and reread about it and not just hand pick  SO.CAL Guy | 11/28/07
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RE: The top 10 IT disasters of all time  rzp | 11/28/07
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