The Day the Phones Stopped: The Computer Crisis-- the what and why of It, and how We Can Beat itOn January 15, 1990, seventy percent of AT&T's long-distance phone lines went dead because of one small computer software error. In The Day the Phones Stopped Leonard Lee provides scary examples of how computers and their software are fouling up and presents solid solutions for managing the growing crisis and warding off the disaster waiting to happen. |
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