So,
it's not just me that has a hard time writing cleanup scripts. At least
we didn't lose money on my error ....
from comp.risks:
> Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:51:21 +0000
> From: "Bennison, Mark M" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Software bug crashes Japanese stock exchange
>
> "The Tokyo Stock Exchange suffered its worst ever outage yesterday when
> trading was suspended for four and a half hours due to a software problem.
> A spokesman said that the glitch appeared to be connected to the decision to
> expand the trading system's capacity last month in response to high trading
> volumes. The modified system had worked well, but crashed when the
> automatic monthly clean-up of the software was implemented. A back-up system
> also failed because it uses the same software."
> http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2145336/software-bug-crashes-japanese
>
> Mark Bennison MBCS CITP
>
bon weekend -- JT
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