Read the article on p.11 and be ready to answers the following questions.


 1. What happened on September 14th in Southern California and Nevada?
 2. How was disaster averted in the end?
 3. What caused the problem?
 4. Why has the impact of poor software design been growing steadily?
 5. What are the findings of the study carried out by the Standish Group?
 6. What is the cost of software errors the USA pay annually?
 7. Whose fault is all this?
 8. What is Longhorn and how does it fit into the overall picture?