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Computers often go wrong. Sometimes a failure kills people. More often, it just costs money. Sometimes the mistakes are in the billions, sometimes it's just a couple of hundred dollars. Sometimes a mistake cancels an event, like the Green Party's yearly convention in 2002 in Germany. Here is a link to a Web site that collects stories about such failures:

Collection of Software Bugs

Contributed by Karen Buras, St Thomas Episcopal School, Houston, TX

If you find others let me know, especially if they cover different stories.


last updated on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005 2:58:09pmgenerated with PLT Scheme -- (Source)