It would be nice to know what the 'instability' was and the recovery procedure used and why it took 7 hours to recover. I doubt we will ever know the facts.
Ken -----Original Message----- Hal Merritt Based on a follow-up item: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179121/IBM_takes_blame_for_massive_bank_system_failure The short answer is: yes. It was an operator error. Now, I'll sit back and enjoy the debate on the question if an 'operator error' counts as a 'glitch'. For the opening shot in this, I'd argue: yes. While no system can ever be totally idiot proof, human intervention can be counted on as a failure mode. Besides, it should have taken more than one idiot to do the job. :-) -----Original Message----- Mark T. Regan http://business Just FYI, there's a news article on this subject at http://business.asiaone.com/Business/News/Story/A1Story20100709-226140.html Thanks, Mark Regan - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
