Journal: News & Comment

Wednesday, April 30, 2003
# 9:04:00 AM:

PowerPoint kills?

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I've ranted about the problems with Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software before, but it hadn't occurred to me that those flaws might have contributed to the Columbia shuttle disaster. How many lower-profile deaths and injuries happen because software communicates information poorly? (Link via BoingBoing.)

Actually, let me rephrase that: How many lower-profile deaths and injuries happen because people use software to communicate information poorly?

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