From: "Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com>
Subject: U.S. Businesses Lost Nearly $100b Due To Defective Software
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:35:25 -0400
Date: 2001-07-10T13:35:27+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9if0av$hjo$1@nh.pace.co.uk> (raw)
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.
Naturally none of the information is specific enough to claim that "If only
everyone would use Ada..." but I think it adds a piece of evidence to cite
in arguing the case for Ada. $100 billion is starting to look like real
money and if Ada could reduce error rates by - say 10% - well, you can do
the math. I'd be glad to take it and retire. :-)
MDC
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Marin David Condic
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2001-07-10 13:35 Marin David Condic [this message]
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 ` Software related monetary losses exagerated raj
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