diary of an optimist
Our way of life and our economy depend on the quality of service and reliability of a single server: the global quasi-monopoly of Microsoft, which has made its founder, Bill Gates, rich.
On the morning of the 19th, most computers in New Zealand were broken. Airports were paralyzed; supermarket checkouts were out of order; hospitals were unable to access patient records and surgical procedures were delayed.
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