On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 15:30 +1200, Pete wrote:
I'd assume that:
- the project is outsourced - the DHB will pay an arm and a leg for a silly report - the report will find that going Linux/Open Source is too risky
The above scenario will be repeated by other govt agencies.
Given the size of the government and all their agencies, perhaps the best investment would be to setup something like government computing services (GCS - hmm, why does this ring the bell??? ;). Maybe I don't know enough about politics or the politicians and their cronies network, but it is certainly true that they seldom seem to be getting value for money when it comes to software development. Could it perhaps be that a ROI is not the primary intention, nahh!
No it tends to be a case of they attempt to please everyone with the development. They attempt to get a "perfect" system, rather than a system that does what is required.
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