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A comment on History's Worst Software Bugs (2005).

Re:History's Worst Software Bugs (2005) by CookWithMe on Saturday August 01, 2015 @01:52PM (#9987929)
The Soviet Gas Pipeline explosion - if the whole CIA story is true at all - should not be labelled a bug... The code allegedly did exactly what it's creator intended ;-)
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Re:History's Worst Software Bugs (2005) by ksk on Saturday August 01, 2015 @03:35PM (#9988391)
Well, typically the users decide what is and isn't a bug. The developers can always say "I intended it to do this". ;)
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Re:History's Worst Software Bugs (2005) by rorykoehler on Saturday August 01, 2015 @09:02PM (#9989320)
Seems to be a popular tactic. Just like Stuxnet too.
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