[AccessD] First software debacle of 2012 - pretty bad IMHO

I love that blog !!! But I doubt that was the problem here.
Code reviews indeed.

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> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-
> bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 6:50 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AccessD] First software debacle of 2012 - pretty bad IMHO
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> Could it be something as simple as this?
>
> http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/2012-Just-Because.aspx
>
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> Stuart
>
> On 2 Jan 2012 at 18:45, Mark Simms wrote:
>
> > Gang - what does this say ? WE ARE DEPENDENT UPON SOFTWARE TODAY.
> > If this security software hadn't failed (it must have hard-coded the
> year
> > 2011 or something),
> > this would not have made the news....wouldn't have happened. The
> timing of
> > this failure could not have been worse.
> > I am now lead investigator on the matter and in touch with the
> Marriot
> > Corporation to understand who is the responsible party.
> > Can you imagine all BMW cars failing on New Years eve due to a
> firmware bug
> > ?
> > Now that would be unbelievable.
> > I am sure BMW has extensive code review sessions...and Marriot ?
> We'll see.
> >
> > > Software debacle? Why would this cause people to riot -- they had
> to
> > > call police 40 minutes into the incident? What am I missing?
> Urinating in
> > > the hall -- did they not have restrooms in the lobby or employee
> restrooms
> > > they could use? That's just insane. But I am curious as to what
> kind of
> > > software debacle they might be referring to.
> > >
> > > Susan H.
> >
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