in this topic, I will add the anniversaries of some anomalies:
stock exchange Tokio: loss of 280 Mio. Euro
on 1st November 2005: the stock exchange was stopped because of a crash.
on 8th December 2005 (about 1 month later): a person "tested" two input-fields:
price
amount of shares to sell
the person wanted to sell: one share for 610000 Yen (around 4300 Euro) but: he typed: 610000 shares for 1 Yen
"of course" the software accepted this illogical input also another thing: the software did not allow to change the input for 10 minutes
because of this: hundred of thousands people wanted to buy the shares and the value of the share fell rapidly
actions which were taken: some people had to resign: chief of the stock exchange 2 directors
Yosano, minister for finance in Japan, recommended: instead of concentrating for initial public offer for the stock exchange - the stock exchange-responsibles should concentrate on the quality of the system.
the question I ask myself is: was the person "testing" the input fields rewarded or fired? I mean he found a failure in the system after such a long time
source: Software Quality Systems AG (SQS) (2006): Quality - Das Kundenmagazin der SQS Software Quality Systems AG, 2-2006, Köln, Deutschland. page 15
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