[brlug-general] M$ did cause the blackout.

[Shannon Roddy]

Dustin Puryear wrote:

> I'm completely lost at this point. Your mind is made up about what? 
> Microsoft? The name isn't even mentioned. Please do tell!


My mind is made up that Microsoft and Blaster contributed to the 
blackout.  However, even if this fact is found, I do not think that it 
will ever be released publicly.  It opens up too big a can of worms 
politicly and also civil liability for the power companies and the 
contractors (not to mention MS). 

So, my mind is made up that Microsoft may not be the cause for the 
problems that happened, but Microsoft IS at fault for the operators to 
not be able to compensate for a series of events that happened.  Think 
about it, these sorts of fluctuations, problems, etc. happen quite 
often.  But they never take down the grid.  Until the operators machine 
starts rebooting every 10 minutes for instance.

Say what you want, but Microsoft does not belong ANYWHERE near ANY kind 
of industrial/electrical/refinery/military/banking, etc computer.  Call 
me a OS biggot or whatever, but it is the damn truth.  MS should NEVER 
be put anywhere where failure is not an option.  And I don't just mean 
replace it with Linux.  Nearly any *nix, mac, vxWorks, whatever is a 
much better solution for these sorts of systems.

>
> At 10:11 AM 9/13/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> Not conclusive, but my mind is already made up:
>>
>> http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030913_80.html
>>
>> "Hoff Stauffer, a power transmission expert at Cambridge Energy 
>> Research Associates, said investigators need to find out why grid 
>> operators were unable to increase power flows to the trouble spots, 
>> or promptly reduce demand, to restore the balance needed in the system."
>>
>>
>> John Hebert wrote:
>>
>>> Will,
>>>
>>> I skimmed through the article but saw no mention of Microsoft failures.
>>>
>>> How did you arrive at your conclusion?
>>>
>>> John Hebert
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: will hill
>>> To: General at brlug.net
>>> Sent: 9/13/03 9:10 AM
>>> Subject: [brlug-general] M$ did cause the blackout.
>>>
>>> It's all but official.  Microsoft failures left operators blind to
>>> problems they could have solved.  The New York Times has a nice 
>>> summary:
>>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/13/national/13POWE.html?hp
>>>
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