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Computer Crashed New Orleans Real Estate Market

Posted by timothy on from the nothing-can-go-nothing-can-go-nothing dept.

sustik writes "For a month now the New Orleans real estate market has been crippled by a computer crash that caused the loss of online data from the late 1980s that should be researched prior to the closing of any real estate transactions. 'The clerk of Orleans Parish Civil District Court said Tuesday that her office continues to make progress in resolving the computer problems that have been holding up real estate transactions in New Orleans for the past month, but there still was no indication of how soon the crisis might end.'"

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  1. What is still running fine in this country? by bogaboga · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's one question that still troubles me. Sadly I can't find an answer in today's America.

  2. Who Is John Galt? by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Answer is same to both questions.

  3. Re:No backups? by JumpDrive · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You do realize that this is Louisiana? They will probably make him head of the parish if not Governor.

    Remember the name 'Dale Atkins'.

    My guess though is that they didn't have anyone in charge of backups or had a plan for the eventuality that their Windows 3.1 system running Access crashed.
    I mean you got to take this in context, it's not like a hurricane hit them and flooded them with water. If only there could have been a lesson learned from 'Katrina'.