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Why software fails [software failure
2005
IEEE spectrum
Have you heard the one about the disappearing warehouse? One day, it vanished-not from physical view, but from the watchful eyes of a well-known retailer's automated distribution system. A software glitch had somehow erased the warehouse's existence, so that goods destined for the warehouse were rerouted elsewhere, while goods at the warehouse languished. Because the company was in financial trouble and had been shuttering other warehouses to save money, the employees at the "missing" warehouse
doi:10.1109/mspec.2005.1502528
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