Ariane 5 and the Denver luggage handling system
And other unheroic failures
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Reg Tech Panel What do these monster cock-ups have to do with you?
Hopefully, absolutely nothing, because they’re all examples of major software system failures which resulted in major loss of kit (a space rocket) or hard cash ($200m in project overrun).
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COMMENTS
@Getting maths right
True. I really wonder why any scientist worth its salt would use anything other than the metric system, though...
a fine list of failures..
I did a quick search and found this which I used to colour the above article..some good stuff in here: http://infotech.fanshawec.ca/gsantor/Computing/FamousBugs.htm
Sabina SEIFERT's Project ..
"This report traces the history of some major software projects and identifies the flaws that led to their failure. Could things have been done differently...?"
http://www.scism.lsbu.ac.uk/inmandw//past/9697/projects/prj127.html
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