Linked by David Adams on Tue 6th Oct 2009 00:35 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
A Windows virus hit the display consoles in the control room of the Australian national electricity grid, presumably leaving the managers bind to the system status. Luckily, system administrators had Linux-based systems for development that could be swapped out for the disabled Windows machines. It seems as much of a failure to properly maintain the Windows machines as a failure of judgment in using a virus-susceptible OS for mission critical systems, but it's fun schadenfreude fodder for Windows haters.
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For the same reason they chose Windows or fail to maintain it - they don’t understand the implications.