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Massive VMware Bug Shuts Systems Down

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the at-least-it-only-shut-down-the-virtual-ones dept.

mattmarlowe writes "Imagine if Red Hat released a version of Linux, and after it was deployed, customers noticed that any processes with a start date of today would refuse to run? Well, that's what happened to VMware — a company that wants nearly all server applications running in virtual machines within a matter of years." Supposedly a fix will be available ... in 36 hours.

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  1. damn it! we've been lied to again! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    oh, the humanity

  2. A version of Red Hat that didn't work? by timster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, I remember Red Hat 5.0 (Hurricane) too.

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