From: raj <israelrt@optushome.com.au>
Subject: Software related monetary losses exagerated
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 23:48:24 GMT
Date: 2001-07-10T23:48:24+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <535nktkpt19h7gc3cr38r9gi2p7udau5c2@4ax.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 9if0av$hjo$1@nh.pace.co.uk
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:35:25 -0400, "Marin David Condic"
<marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com> wrote:
>Just looking at the July issue of "Communications of the ACM" and notice a
>little news-blurb that claims that US businesses lost $100 billion due to
>defective software code in 2000. Some of the examples they cite include eBay
>shutting down due to flawed Sun code and Nike losing $100m because of supply
>chain management code being flawed.
>
Let us assume that the figure is inflated by a factor of 10. ( Not
unusual in an industry specific magazine )
Let us divide it by the 23 million business income tax returns filed
in 1998 in the US that gives us 434 $.
And Ada is going to solve THAT problem ?
What problem.....
We spend more than that on coffee for our staff !
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-10 13:35 U.S. Businesses Lost Nearly $100b Due To Defective Software Marin David Condic
2001-07-10 23:45 ` U.S. Businesses Lost Nearly 434 $ each ( was 100 billion dollars ) raj
2001-07-11 1:30 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2001-07-11 13:49 ` Marin David Condic
2001-07-12 0:35 ` Mike Silva
2001-07-12 14:06 ` Marin David Condic
2001-07-10 23:48 ` raj [this message]
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