Comment 17VNT Re: Punchline

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AU Government paying IBM $484 Million to fix MyGov

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Punchline (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2016-03-19 15:39 (#17MKB)

This feels like it is missing something...

Re: Punchline (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2016-03-20 20:06 (#17QR4)

Can you come up with one?
I'm somewhat reminded of the time IBM were contracted to build a computer system for the New Zealand Police. There were constant spec revisions that went on and on, until IBM said "We can't work like this." The government sued them, and I seem to recall they (correctly) lost.

Re: Punchline (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2016-03-21 22:46 (#17VNT)

".. and after 11 years and 4 billion dollars the MyGov project is deemed to be a success. IBM will now hand over the reigns to Accenture to finish the project in less than six months for a small fee"

Junk Status

Marked as [Not Junk] by bryan@pipedot.org on 2016-05-06 23:02