[Moims-dai] Digital Preservation "Horror Stories"

[Mark Conrad]

Hello,

In follow-up to today's meeting, listed below are links to stories about
what can go wrong when digital preservation is not planned from the
beginning.

The first link is to Barbara Sierman's site:

http://www.atlasofdigitaldamages.info/v1/stories/

The links below are to articles about the delays to the rollout of the
Airbus A380 because of incompatible data issues and how it cost the company
billions of dollars:

Catalogue of Catastrophe Airbus A380
http://calleam.com/WTPF/?p=4700

BBC – Q&A: A380 delays
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5405524.stm

The Airbus saga: Crossed wires and a multibillion-euro delay
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/business/worldbusiness/11iht-airbus.3860198.html

What Grounded the Airbus A380?: Company management and CAD software both
under fire in an interoperability debacle of jumbo proportions
http://www.cadalyst.com/cad/product-design/what-grounded-airbus-a380-10903

Airbus: First, Blame the Software: Use of incompatible programs takes the
rap, but behind that is a management team cobbled together from formerly
separate companies
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2006-10-04/airbus-first-blame-the-software

A380 Program Update – Global Investor Forum – Oct 2006 (see slide 13
onwards)
http://web.archive.org/web/20061231133122/http://www.eads.com/xml/content/OF00000000400004/0/74/41485740.pdf

EADS execs pledge to restore confidence in Airbus, fix A380 problems
http://old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003131857_webeads16.html

Hope this is useful for the CMC report.

Mark

Mark Conrad
NARA Information Services
IAS
The National Archives and Records Administration
Erma Ora Byrd Conference and Learning Center
Building 494, Room 225
610 State Route 956
Rocket Center, WV  26726

Phone: 304-726-7820
Fax: 304-726-7802
Email: mark.conrad at nara.gov
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