December 23, 2009
2004: 7-Eleven decides to switch its in-store computer systems to Microsoft Windows and SQL server.
2008: Russian hackers use SQL injection flaw to breach 7-Eleven’s in-store computer systems, and then use them to carry out a massive ATM fraud.
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October 11, 2009
February 2008: Microsoft aquires Danger Inc, makers of the T-Mobile Sidekick phone. The phone is based on a NetBSD kernel with Java VM and APIs.
May 2009: Microsoft lays off most of the ex-Danger employees.
October 2009: Leaks indicate that the Danger OS is dying, with the Danger-based Project Pink phone to be replaced by Windows Mobile [...]
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December 1, 2008
Australian crime database based on Microsoft products is so awful that police would rather release the criminals.
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September 8, 2008
Microsoft: “London Stock Exchange: Achieving Record Reliability Using Windows over Linux”. LSE: crashes and burns for an entire trading day.
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