I hear this a lot these days, in fact I hear it with alarming frequency:
"All of our systems are down"
Yesterday, I heard it from the HM Revenue & Customs (formerly the Inland
Revenue).
"All of our systems are down"
I heard it from Acer Warranty Support some time ago, when my Laptop went
in for repair.
"All of our systems are down"
I heard it from Daxons, when I called to cancel my Mother's account (she
passed away).
"All of our systems are down"
I heard it from Tesco, when I called to complain about missing items (in
my groceries order).
"All of our systems are down"
So what /are/ these "systems", and why are they "down"?
They are CRM and PBAX "systems" running on commodity PCs, and since 90%+
of all commodity PCs supposedly run Microsoft Windows, then there's 90%+
chance that these "systems" are running Windows. Given the frequency the
"systems are down", I'd say it's more like a 100% chance.
This is like a plague sweeping through UK businesses, leaving a trail of
dead systems in its wake. Given the severity of the problem, it is quite
incredible how the UK manages to function at /all/.
So what is it?
A virus?
Hackers?
Terrorists?
Anarchists?
No.
"All of our systems are down"
Yes they are. They really are. And in more ways than one.
All of our systems are down ... because they run Windows.
--
K.
http://slated.org
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| "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It
| is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." ~ William
| Pitt the Younger
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Fedora release 8 (Werewolf) on sky, running kernel 2.6.25.11-60.fc8
19:57:06 up 98 days, 3:39, 4 users, load average: 0.24, 0.26, 0.23
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