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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Nice article. Could also be interpreted as Optus
ripping off its customers by treating SurePage as an opt-out feature and
forgetting to tell customers about it :-) and then using the "software coding
error" as a convenient excuse when they were caught out. Nasty suspicious
me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Robert Hind<BR>Retired<BR>Ex Traralgon and
Ashwood</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jvella@mackillop.vic.edu.au
href="mailto:jvella@mackillop.vic.edu.au">Vella, James</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=sofdev@edulists.com.au
href="mailto:sofdev@edulists.com.au">sofdev@edulists.com.au</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 18, 2013 12:09
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Year 12 SofDev] Logic error
with a big cost...</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>This article can demonstrate to our students – even at this
late stage about how much a logic error can cost a company if not detected
picked up</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><A
href="http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/optus-to-refund-235000-customers/story-e6frfku9-1226742270245">http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/optus-to-refund-235000-customers/story-e6frfku9-1226742270245</A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>By the way, all the best to yourselves and your students
over the next few weeks ladies and gents!</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Regards</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>James Vella</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>MacKillop College</P></DIV><BR><FONT color=gray size=1
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