On Friday, a whole lot of Microsoft Windows servers and the services running on them went out for a good portion of the morning. You probably weren't affected much (neither was I), but thousands of corporations and businesses were, including the airline and rail industry, bringing transportation and other services to a standstill.
Needless to say, it was messy and will end up costing the companies affected millions. Messy, expensive technical blunders are fascinating to me and one of the things I think is always worth exploring more. At the risk of sounding like the proverbial Monday morning quarterback, let's have a look at this one.
