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How Would You Handle a $1,000,000 Coding Error?

Posted by timothy on from the wasn't-me dept.

theodp writes "The Chicago Tribune's efforts to upgrade its computer system over the weekend turned into a fiasco when the system crashed, halting all printing operations and leaving about half of the Trib's subscribers without papers. The software contained 'a coding error,' according to a spokesman who estimated the cost to resolve the problem at 'under $1 million.' Any advice for the poor schmuck who's going to get the blame?"

4 of 878 comments (clear)

  1. Go to Microsoft by gmuslera · · Score: 0, Troll

    They seem to not have problem dealing with the multibillon dolar programming error called Windows, maybe being there will help to put the facts in perspective.

  2. Damn outsourcing by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 0, Troll

    Who would have guessed "start" didn't mean the same in India?

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  3. Re:***PDF ALERT*** by wackybrit · · Score: 0, Troll

    God bless Mac OS X, loads PDFs in a second. (I sure wish my fucking double-the-gigahertz PC would)

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  4. Just a mistake by sanguivore · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oops!

    shit happens, this story is not newsworthy.

    "Man in Utah spills milk, news at 11"

    please