>> i am curious what technical and management decision processes which >> allowed this to happen. something broke. > > I'm inclined to think that this is accidental... cockup rather than > conspiracy.
i did not mean in any way to imply conspiracy, and am a bit unhappy that you and nick seem to think i did. what i meant was that there was a decision process or weak auditing or the like. if so, that process could/should be repaired. randy
