Microsoft server crash leaves 800 planes with no contact with ATC (news.techworld.com)
... The servers are timed to shut down after 49.7 days of use in order to prevent a data overload, a union official told the LA Times. To avoid this automatic shutdown, technicians are required to restart the system manually every 30 days.
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[ 5.3 ms ] story [ 30.2 ms ] thread49.7 days is 2^32 milliseconds. Although this used to cause issues with Win98, they claimed to be using 2000, so it was probably an application-related bug rather than anything Microsoft should be blamed for.